Bilateral

Leprous' second album for Inside Out Music strips away the symphonic flourishes of their debut to embrace fractured time signatures and angular riffing. Bilateral channels math rock precision through a prog rock lens, with vocalist Einar Solberg’s distinctive delivery anchoring compositions that shift between dissonant guitar work and surprising melodic passages. The ten tracks balance cerebral complexity with genuine hooks—a feat that separates this Norwegian outfit from their more ornamental peers in the progressive scene.