Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, These Are Powers consists of guitarist and singer Anna Barie, drummer Bill Salas, and bassist Pat Noecker. Like Noecker’s former band Liars, These Are Powers blend avant-noise, dark, textural atmospherics, and tribal, often danceable rhythms for a unique sonic assault. Their EP, TARO TAROT, introduced the band’s eerie yet aggressive sound. The band signed to Dead Ocean Records, which then released their 2007 full-length debut, TERRIFIC SEASONS, which also found them expanding their aesthetic deeper into electronic territory without losing any of their fiery edge.