Collider: BBM EP
My first ‘find’ of 2010 is a young band called Collider, from San Francisco, named after the large particle accelerators. Their name fits their sound well, with layered sweeping guitar fuzz and melodies that somewhat remind me of The Forms and Film School.
Collider released BBM EP, their second EP in one year2, on December 31st `09, and made it available as a free download on Bandcamp. They spent ten months recording BBM in their rehearsal space, giving it that lo-fi yet confident sound.
The band originated as a project between brothers John and Mark Ricksen in 2004. Collider’s bio explains that they had a studio together in downtown San Francisco, and by 2006 Collider had developed. Billy Boyle, who mastered BBM EP, is their drummer, and Steve Martinez joined them on bass.