Orcutt Shelley Miller is an avant-rock trio composed of three renowned figures from the experimental music scene: Bill Orcutt (guitar / Harry Pussy), Steve Shelley (drums / Sonic Youth), and Ethan Miller (bass / Howlin Rain, Comets On Fire). They draw inspiration from free jazz and European outer-rock bands of the 60s and 70s, as well as Pacific rock innovations of the 90s, creating raw, pure songs with explosive group dynamics. Their live performances merge their individual heritages into an innovative experience.

When three exceptional characters from the US underground come together, a sound emerges that defies categorization - and that is precisely what happens with Orcutt / Shelley / Miller. Guitarist Bill Orcutt, known for his relentless energy and jagged playing that combines blues fragments, noise, and radical improvisation, joins forces with Steve Shelley, the legendary former drummer of Sonic Youth, and bassist Ethan Miller, who has demonstrated the eruptive power of a bass line with bands like Comets on Fire and Feral Ohms. Together, they form a power trio that delves deep into the bedrock of American music: riffs that glow like volcanic rock, rhythms that groove unyieldingly or simmer beneath the surface, and harmonies that feel more like tectonic shifts than traditional chord progressions.

What might be mere jamming for others transforms here into something darker, rawer, and more hypnotic. The music of Orcutt / Shelley / Miller sounds as if the fundamental forces of rock are being reassembled: Shelley keeps the rhythm flowing, but never in a classic backbeat - rather, it's dance-like, offset, and restlessly searching. Miller's bass lines rise and fall like tides, while Orcutt slices through the air with raw, tremulous guitar figures, sometimes eruptive, sometimes almost melodic, but always unmistakable. Between West Coast shadows, heavy blues echoes, krautrock trance, and a touch of punk dissent, a 'big rock statement' emerges that is both enjoyable and mind-expanding. Accessible enough to latch onto - wild enough to break boundaries.

Orcutt / Shelley / Miller in the MPS studio: a trio that sounds like a freshly unearthed monolith. Deep, serious, vibrating - and absolutely unique.