Exploding Skull is the solo guitar project of Peter Joseph of Brooklyn, New York, a guitarist and vocalist in the band OOF (whose most recent album, Mirror Mirror, was released by 20/20 Records in 2024) and former drummer of Pelviss and Rathaus. Exploding Skull’s improvised pieces are inspired by Zen and transcendental meditation practice.

EPK

Contact

Instagram

Bandcamp (Artist site)

Press:

On Coyote: "What's interesting is the psychological tension that grows out of the restraint—the artist teases the listener with minimalist guitar chords that do have electricity in them, they swell and oscillate, but only swell to (semi)crescendos a couple of times... Often quiet creatures have loud thoughts. Musically, this 9-song set can be compared to the work of such peripheral American guitar heroes as John Fahey, Loren Connors, and Bill Orcutt."—Recent Music Heroes