NIGHTOSPHERE
Kansas City, MO
Like a nocturnal highway stretched out between Midwest cities, Nightosphere exists in an expansive, open realm marked by subtle changes in landscape and punctuated by sudden bursts of noisy, explosive urgency. This vitality is powered by Brittany and Claire, who exchange guitar/vocal and bass duties throughout live performance, and Hop, who looms powerfully over the drumkit. Through hypnotic compositions, the Kansas City-based trio weaves together the structures and sounds of slowcore, post-hardcore, and shoegaze into a vast emotional tapestry.
With their dynamic range and meter changes, Nightosphere has drawn comparisons to a diverse range of acts, including Big Brave, Unwound,
Portishead, Wednesday, and Emma Ruth Rundle.
Nightosphere formed in early 2022 and quickly got to work contributing to the lively Kansas City scene. They toured the Midwest twice that same year, in August and October, strings of performances they prepared for by releasing the singles Foxfire and Faim Dévorante. Together with Flooding and Abandoncy, Nightosphere put out a 3-Way Split EP in February of 2023. This year also marked the group’s full-length debut, Katabasis, which came out in April. The album was recently featured on Destroy//Exist’s 2023 Albums of the Year List and cited by Chat Pile as one of their 10 Favorite Albums of 2023. In September, they headlined an East Coast tour and subsequently supported Chat Pile and Nerver on their 2023 US tour. Nightosphere has also shared stages with the likes of They are Gutting a Body of Water, Explosions in the Sky, Stuck, Knifeplay, and Horse Jumper of Love. – Nathaniel Perkins