From Auburn, California

From last.fm:

Tera Melos is a band from Sacramento, California , that incorporates many styles of math pop, rock, jazz, ambient electronics and unconventional song structure all in one, to create their original genre. They are currently a three-piece (formerly four) consisting of Nick Reinhart (guitar/vocals/keyboard) Nathan Latona (bass), John Clardy (percussion). Tera Melos play a brand of math pop music characterized by quickly alternating rhythmic patterns, start-stop dynamics, improvisation, two-handed tapping on the guitar, extended open-ended bridges, and the use of effect pedals and samplers. Read more about Tera Melos on Last.fm.