Space-prog Bristolians ANTA are all about the heavy riffs. The instrumental four-piece follow monolithic licks with towers of psyched-out ostinato, all at preposterous volume.

The resulting tunes sound a bit like Sleep jamming with Hawkwind after a good session of King Crimson and Oneida tunes. It's all the best bits of classic prog, the more enlighted doom groups, with a bit of metropolitan smartness that keeps from navel-gazing inanity.

Their limited edition debut LP, 'The Tree That Bears The Equine Fruit', recently came out on a subsidiary of Geoff Barrow's Invada Records, and is an epic treat that, naturally, kicks off with a gong. Switched-on prog heads should find much satisaction in ANTA.

See more info at anta.me.uk

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