Thank You Scientist

Founded in Montclair, New Jersey, around the guitarist Tom Monda’s compositions, Thank You Scientist has since 2009 developed a formula in which progressive rock, progressive metal, and jazz fusion intersect with an instrumentation uncommon in this field, notably including violin, saxophone, and trumpet. The band first drew attention with the EP The Perils of Time Travel in 2011, followed by Maps of Non-Existent Places in 2012, reissued in 2014 after signing to Evil Ink, the label founded by Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria. Thank You Scientist then refined a language consisting of changing rhythms, melodic vocal lines, and dense arrangements that borrow as much from prog virtuosity as from the flexibility of jazz-rock. This trajectory continued with Stranger Heads Prevail in 2016 and Terraformer in 2019, two albums that accompanied the widening of their audience on North American rock and metal stages, notably on tour with Coheed and Cambria and Periphery. After the pandemic-related pause, Thank You Scientist returns with the EP Plague Accommodations in 2021. The band's recent history is also marked by several lineup changes, including the departure of vocalist Salvatore Marrano in 2023 and the announced arrival in 2024 of Daimon Alexandrius as vocalist, in a configuration that preserves the band's collective identity and its taste for long, mobile, and highly written compositions.