EXEK's unsettling -- and frequently beautiful -- combinations of post-punk, dub, Krautrock, and found sounds capture the real-life dystopia of the early 21st century. Even as the band's lineup grew, its roots as the studio project of frontman Albert Wolski remained in the hallucinatory layers of effects and textures that imbued their music with a captivating oddness. Elastic rhythms, toys, and kitchen appliances used as instruments, and Wolski's sardonic, spoken-word perspectives on the issues of the day combined in fascinating ways on their woozy 2016 debut album, Biased Advice. Though EXEK pursued a slightly more structured sound on later albums like 2022's Advertise Here and the following year's The Map and the Territory, they remained unpredictable and unmistakable.