Matter Room

Next, Matter Room completely changed the ambiance with atmospheric guitars going from stormy to full tempest, building a giant, evolving and enveloping sound. They did remind me about Explosions in the Sky, as most of their tracks were purely instrumental and composed with that same cinematic moody temperament. The quartet was going from a moody shoegaze with heavy, dark layers of fuzz and stormy psychedelia to a more doom metal ambiance, so that it was very difficult to classify their experimental compositions. They finally included some sparse vocals sung by their hooded frontman, who under these blue green lights, looked like a Jedi on guitar. - Rocknycliveandrecorded

I had already seen Matter Room once and I once again got this strong ‘Explosions in the Sky’ vibe, when they played their expansive and tumultuous instrumentals. The quartet played in a semi-obscurity, while navigating through dark psychedelia and even heavy-metal-like riffs. However, the vocals finally came out, dark, morose, cold and angry, surging above this perfect synchronization of guitars, as the musicians were balancing together while playing, looking like trees beaten by a sonic tempest. They were so dark they could have been a hidden track of Chelsea Wolfe, and I would say there was something organic about their explosive and changing music, as if natural elements were taken control of their thunderous sound, sounding as moody as mother nature. - rocknycliveandrecorded.com