Rock · US · Active since 2005

Beware of Safety

Heavy, cinematic post-rock that balances intricate guitar math with crushing emotional crescendos. Perfect for late-night focus or urban solitude.

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Beware of Safety crafts music that feels like the architectural skeleton of a city at 3 AM. It is instrumental rock that refuses to be background noise, demanding attention through its sheer density and the way it masterfully manipulates tension. The sound is built on a foundation of interlocking guitar melodies that weave together like a complex puzzle before erupting into massive, distorted walls of sound that feel both heavy and deeply melodic.

What sets them apart is their ability to bridge the gap between the cerebral and the visceral. While many post-rock bands lean into either ambient drift or pure metal aggression, BoS maintains a restless, rhythmic energy. Their compositions often feature mathematical precision in the drumming and guitar counterpoint, yet they never lose the emotional core that makes the genre so resonant. It is music of high stakes and sharp edges.

For those new to the band, 'Dogs' is the essential starting point. It captures their signature blend of urban anxiety and triumphant release, showcasing their ability to build a narrative without a single spoken word. It is an album that rewards close listening, revealing new layers of texture and rhythmic complexity with every spin.

Beware of Safety, commonly abbreviated as BoS, is an instrumental post-rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band plays sprawling, instrumental rock that could be classified as post-metal, post-rock, and even math rock. Beware of Safety has six official releases in its catalog: It Is Curtains (2007), dogs (2009), Giants/BoS Split 7" (2011), Leaves/Scars (2011), Lotusville (2014), and Mabon (2015). The band has released albums with The Mylene Sheath in the USA as well as Friend of Mine Records in Japan and has toured throughout the USA and Europe highlighted by performances with Caspian, El Ten Eleven, If These Trees Could Talk, Té, sleepmakeswaves, Maserati, The American Dollar and Junius, among others. The band has received a notable amount of press for their album dogs, including a write-up in Wired Magazine's Sunday Soundtracking. In early 2009, Tad Piecka joined BoS on bass, expanding the band to five members. The creation of 2011's Leaves/Scars was a tumultuous time for BoS with members contemplating quitting the band. Beware of Safety's 2014 album Lotusville reflects the band's experiences living in Los Angeles, California. Member Morgan Hendry is also an engineer at Jet Propulsion Lab.
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Our Catalog4 Albums · 2009 · 2015
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