pena

pena is an experimental rock band from Rochester, New York. It is a four-piece group featuring Aaron Ray on guitar, Mike Scarano on drums, Nick Sullivan on bass and Dave Allen on guitar.

The band’s music is associated with experimental rock, post-punk and math rock. Its sound uses melodic repetition, progressive build-ups, abrupt transitions and sections of heavy noise. Rather than following standard song structures, the group presents its music as an extension of thoughts, emotion and surroundings.

pena’s compositions are described as drawing on environment and everyday life, with contrasting moods that move between dark and complex passages and brighter, more upbeat ones.