Ilium
Ilium
Top Songs
| 1 | Mothcaste (2022 Re-Recording) | ||
| 2 | Hostile Sky (2022 Re-Recording) | ||
| 3 | Undergods (2022 Re-Recording) | ||
| 4 | Tsetse | ||
| 5 | Quantum Evolution EventE |
Albums
Jan 2022 • 5 songs
Feb 2020 • 10 songs
Feb 2020 • 6 songs
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Biography
A short-lived teenaged three-piece from Chicago, Ilium mixed the math rock complexity of the late-'90s Chicago music scene with a melodic prettiness more in line with the Canterbury progressive bands of the '70s. While their two EPs broke little new ground musically, they're extremely listenable and certainly worth a listen or three.
Ilium (named for the fictional setting of Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano, a stand-in for the author's then-home of Ithaca, NY) was led by guitarist James Hughes and also featured bassist Thomas J. Quinn and drummer Christopher Robert. ...