Benthos

Hailing from Bristol, progressive post-rock band MAEBE have made waves across the UK instrumental scene with their second album, Rebirth. Relive. Repeat., released in July 2023 and showcased to a wider audience at ArcTanGent Festival in August 2024. What started as the solo project of guitarist Michael Astley-Brown developed into a full live band, with a devastating triple-guitar attack, gnarly bass grooves and bombastic drums. This live lineup has gigged alongside some of modern music’s most exciting alternative acts, including Alpha Male Tea Party, Poly-Math, Orchards, Standards, L.O.E., FORT, a-tota-so, Bicurious, Mountain Caller and many more. The band deliver a highly dynamic, heavily layered approach to instrumental rock that spans prog, math and post-rock and even shred, all delivered with a post-hardcore energy.

This Be The Verse (TBTV) is the brainchild of Ed Melech who has since surrounded himself with a dynamic live band, which is where TBTV really show their true potential. This Be The Verse is a mysterious dark and industrial sound mixed with brooding electro and thumping riffs to give your sonic palette an experience that will leave you grasping for more.