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Interphase just dropped “Sons of Bs” and it doesn’t feel like a band from 1982. Doesn’t feel stuck. Doesn’t feel like a reunion cash-in. It feels like they kept moving while everyone else got comfortable.
Quick backstory if you need it. Baytown, Texas, 1982. Prog rock built on jazz, classical, and the kind of experimental stuff most bands won’t touch. Pink Floyd and Emerson Lake and Palmer are in the DNA, but Interphase was never a copy. They had their own thing.
Then life happened. Danny Brand died in 2019. Noel Avalos can’t tour anymore. Most bands don’t survive one of those. Interphase survived both. That’s James Bradley. He’s the one holding the name together, and this track proves he’s not doing it on nostalgia alone.
Bradley’s drumming is the anchor. Always has been. Compared to older Interphase material, the new direction breathes more. Still got the prog complexity, but there’s groove in it now. You can ride it instead of just analyzing it. The jazz influence from Obsessive Compulsive is bleeding into the singles, and it suits them.
Lyrically it’s sharp and a little uncomfortable. Reflective without being soft. Critical without lecturing. It makes you think and then moves on before you’ve finished thinking. Good instinct.
Production is clean all the way through. Every layer sits where it’s supposed to. Alan Parsons-level detail without losing the raw edge. That balance is rare.
“Sons of Bs” isn’t a legacy move. It’s a band that had every reason to stop and didn’t. Interphase are still here, and this track sounds like they mean it.
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