A post-rock, post-punk, indietronica duo from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK - wishes to remain anonymous, for reasons. COMBOVER BEETHOVEN craft immersive soundscapes where shimmering textures collide with shadows. Fusing rhythmic synth sequences, shoegaze guitars, and soft, layered vocal harmonies, their music explores the quiet tension between beauty and collapse — a style they're calling Lucid Chillgaze.
Beneath the haze lies a pulse: themes of ecological grief, social disillusionment, and quiet dread run through the lyrics, delivered in a muted, frank tenor voice. Sequenced synths drive the songs forward like machines in a dream, while guitars blur the lines between melancholy and euphoria. It’s music for reckoning — with the self, with the world, with the future we’re inheriting. Fans of M83, Slowdive, and Tycho will find comfort in the sound. Those listening closely will also find discomfort — and truth.
The two ‘experienced’ men formed a songwriting partnership in 2024, after having worked together in other bands for a number of years.
Unit plays drums and sings, and Tank plays everything else, and sometimes sings too.
The chaps from COMBOVER BEETHOVEN don’t ask for much. Just attentive listening, and the chance to continue. The pinnacle for them is not a major deal and a mansion; they have no loftier goal than their output becoming financially self-sustaining, so they can simply keep doing it.
