caption current_members website years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
pattern is movement performing in 2008 andrew thiboldeaux chris ward http://www.patternismovement.com/ 2001 -- 2015 nfi , hometapes pattern is movement
 wade hampton daniel mcclain corey duncan group_or_band indie rock , psychedelic pop , neo-psychedelia patternismovementcanopy.jpg philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states pattern is movement
pattern is movement

pattern is movement -lrb- often stylized as pattern is movement -rrb- is an american indie rock band from philadelphia , pennsylvania that established in 2001 .
they have been categorized by some reviewers as a math rock group and compared to groups such as don caballero , sunny day real estate and pinback .
however , as the band moved from a five piece to a two piece , their sound moved away from the angular sound of previous records and closer to a more melodic heavy composition structure with sing-a-long choruses .
the current two-piece sound can be attributed to influences such as dirty projectors , beirut and grizzly bear .
in an interview with baeble music , ward coined the band with the term `` indie cabaret '' .
in 2006 , producer and engineer scott solter -lrb- who has worked with john vanderslice and the mountain goats -rrb- remixed the 2005 album `` stowaway '' , which he had also recorded .
this remix was considered unique due to its exclusivity to analog processes .
solter is credited on the album with `` machines , razors , tape . ''
since 2008 , pattern is movement have been performing as a two-piece .
on the january 2008 issue of `` philadelphia weekly '' they were featured in a cover story citing `` four indie bands that can expect a big year '' .
the band emerged with a new album , `` all together '' , documenting the lineup in the spring of 2008 , also recorded with solter .
in his favorable review , pitchfork media writer joe tangari described it as `` an accessible album that nonetheless sounds unlike what any other band is doing '' .
in april 2009 they became one of limewire 's featured artists .
in 2015 , after releasing their self-titled fourth album , pattern is movement announced their farewell tour .
