When I called up Scatter Gather, based out of Denver, they balked at my idea that their music was complicated. Maybe this is the moment that I realize that I am an old man that doesn't understand this new-fangled rock and roll music. But, when I listen to Scatter Gather, what I hear is an indie-rock band that relishes in subverting expectations by confusing time signatures and upending rhythm sections. In between all of the chaos, there is gentle indie emoting, as well as tasteful incorporation of string sections to offset the harsh flailing of the rest of the instrumentation.

Scatter Gather began in Boston, at music school. Despite my assertion that, perhaps, their complex music was born out of the music theory nurtured in music school, the members of Scatter Gather insist that it's not all that crazy and that, perhaps, the more music one listens to, the more that music influences them.

Read Rev. Adam McKinney's full feature on Scatter Gather in the Music and Culture section.

SCATTER GATHER, w/ Handwritings and Get Mom, 10 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710