Signing Stories: Poly-MathDate Signed: November 2025Label: The Lasers EdgeType of Music: Prog, Math-RockPublicity: Earsplit PRWeb: poly-math.net

Sometimes, it’s all in the name. Poly-Math is English instrumental prog/math-rock quartet that was founded by Tim Walters around a dozen years ago.

“At the time, Tim was the drummer of math-rock band Monsters Build Mean Robots,” says band member Chris Woollison. “Initially founded as a three-piece with Joe Branton and [I], Poly-Math’s instrumental fusion of prog and math-rock was simply a side project at the time. However, only six months after the band started writing together we were booked to support math-rock legends And So I Watch You From Afar, and were shortly after booked to play the first ever ArcTanGent festival—the U.K.’s biggest math-rock and avant-garde music festival, which lead to us taking the project more seriously, eventually superseding any of our separate projects.”

While Woollison does describe the band as math-rock, he’s also keen to point out that the sound has evolved. “We started as a math-rock band, but definitely on the heavier, riffier side of that genre,” he says. “Initially, we took massive influence from the Mars Volta and Omar Rodriguez Lopez’ other projects. Also Deerhoof and Battles, as well as contemporaries in the U.K. scene like Three Trapped Tigers and Physics House Band. As we added more members--keys and then saxophone--we developed a more prog-rock/quasi-jazz sound, calming down a little from the punky energy of the first recordings and moving to a more expansive, considered sound that goes on a journey through styles and motifs but without losing any of the energy and power.”

Poly-Math signed to The Lasers Edge based on a deep appreciation for the label’s roster and catalog. They’ll be adding to that roster with the Something Deeply Hidden album. 

“We have recorded most of our live albums at Brighton Electric Studios because they have a fantastic live room and selection of gear,” Woollison says. “This time, we decided to record only drums at Electric and track the rest of the material in our home studios to give us a bit more freedom and time to experiment--a potentially risky choice because of the lack of time pressure, but we got it all together in pretty good time and sent it off to Mark to make sense of it and mix it. Mark Roberts is one of the most prolific engineers for alternative music in Brighton, U.K., and as always with Mark, we were instantly happy with the results.”

The band has more releases and plenty of touring planned for 2026, so keep your ears to the ground for Poly-Math news. The post Signing Stories: Poly-Math first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.