The Reverb Syndicate is an almost exclusively instrumental "Spy-Fi" surf band from Ottawa, Canada who have been playing since 2006.
Unlike the majority of his previous albums, which were almost exclusively instrumental, HWS2 features vocal performances on all tracks.
A very small percentage of Arabesk is exclusively instrumental.
However, the songs on the album are shorter, and lyrics can be heard at times, unlike Stars of the Lid's songs which are exclusively instrumental.
Storace is not known to have written any exclusively instrumental music, other than the overtures for his operas.
In 1998, Douglas teamed up with gothic fantasy artist Joseph Vargo, and the two decided to create an exclusively dark-themed instrumental Midnight Syndicate album.
It is their first album to feature exclusively instrumental songs, since their earlier albums all have had vocals (singing or spoken word) on some tracks.
He wrote almost exclusively instrumental music, which he found inspiration for in the abstract world.
The music played is almost exclusively instrumental and the station has a policy against playing songs featuring English language vocals.
On this recording, it was evident that the band was leaving their exclusively instrumental musical direction.