BEAT PYRAMID

Recorded alongside Gareth Jones, producer of albums by Einsturzende Neubaten, Liars and Wire's most electronica inspired albums, Beat Pyramid's songs are an ever-mutating blur of brash chords, subtle details and taut rhythms, born of influences as varied as Sonic Youth and dubstep, This Heat and Greek pottery, David Lynch and Dr. Feelgood, J Dilla and the 16th century occultist John Dee. The songs on Beat Pyramid have an immediacy that belies their complex themes: "Numbers" is typical of the band’s output, marrying themes of medieval numerology to pop choruses and a colossal dub-step drum loop.

"Infinitytinifni" is a celebration of the melting of the polar ice-caps set to one chord and three drums; "Swords Of Truth" is centered around a dancehall-ish beat with cut-up drums, named after the terrorist cell linked with the kidnap of BBC journalist Alan Johnson, that may or may not also have been written in homage to the Wu-Tang Clan.

The first (and last) thing you'll hear on the album, however, is a strange, dislocated voice. "We started off with just this voice; this fragment of voice saying 'I Will Say This Twice, I Will Say This Twice' – that was the mystery," says Jack. The idea was to create a continuously revolving album that has no beginning or end. Additionally, "We wanted to make a pyramid with our sound. Cutting, carving a pyramid out of the air waves – like the sounds pulsing through the air and carving out a pyramid structure. It took on a lot of other meanings, and you can hear them all in the album. It has all the secrets, labyrinths and tunnels that a pyramid has."