Behaviorist

Behaviorist is subversive art-rock by saxophonist Stephen Rodes Chen (San Fermin, Ghost Funk Orchestra). Named after the psychological revolution that imagined living beings as manipulable machines, Behaviorist takes an incisively critical look at human behavior with startlingly frank lyrics set over ever-shifting musical arrangements. Chen’s urgent constancy on saxophone contrasts his plaintive vocals, while symphonic horns and pianos ebb between icy, electronic stillnesses and flashes of 90’s rock. The result is a multi-dimensional soundscape that’s mesmerizing, hard-hitting, and intensely emotional.