lespecial

lespecial is redefining the term “power trio”. The multi-instrumentalists from Connecticut — Luke Bemand (bass, synth, percussion, vocals), Jonathan Grusauskas (guitar, synth, sampler, percussion, vocals) and Rory Dolan (drums, sampler, percussion, vocals) — push the boundaries of what a three-piece band is capable of both live and in the studio. The band’s signature blend of “heavy future groove” combines headbanging metal riffage and surgical rhythmic precision with bone shaking 808s, sub synths and ethereal vocal stylings for a dance floor that welcomes moshing, dancing and hip swaying alike. Grown in Connecticut and now based out of Millerton, NY and Southern CT, the band has released four full-length albums — Omnisquid (2015), Cheen (2017), Ancient Homies (Ropeadope, 2020) and Odd Times (2023), their darkest and heaviest record to date, made in collaboration with Havok’s David Sanchez. The Sandwich Cage EP followed in 2024. In 2025 the trio teamed up with Yheti as LIMINOID — Yheti orchestrating, lespecial supplying live instrumentation — and released the album The Outernet on The Champion Network that October. Twenty dates follow through the winter of 2026–27, including two nights at Cervantes’ in Denver, Sony Hall in New York after Phish on 30 December, New Year’s Eve at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford, and Jam Cruise 23.