Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

A Rose by Any Other Name

You could call Lymbyc Systym “post-rock” — as we reluctantly have here. You could call their sound “electronic music,” “art-rock” or “ambient.” The thing is, just about any label ascribed to the Austin-based duo does them, and potential listeners, a grave disservice. The instrumental outfit trades in sonic textures the way a master painter works in oils or watercolors, evoking profound emotion with but the lightest brush strokes. Their stirring mix of electric and organic sound lures us hypnotically through the looking glass, shedding inhibitions and heightening the senses. Call it what it is: bliss. Lymbyc Systym play the Monkey House in Winooski this Saturday with Fugue, Cloudeyes and Teleport.