Tera Melos is a band from Sacramento, California, that incorporates many styles of rock, jazz, ambient electronics and unconventional song structure. They are currently a three-piece (formerly four), consisting of a guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist, bassist, and a drummer. Tera Melos play a brand of 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. Though the band has typically eschewed the label of math rock, they are considered recent innovators of the genre.

After touring with such great bands as Portugal. the man, Rx Bandits, Finch, The Fall of troy, These arms are snakes, Melt Banana, Maps & Atlases, Marnie Stern, a.m.m., Tera Melos just released a brand new album "Patagonian Rats" on the high quality Los Angeles label www.sargenthouse.com