And so we have the first great piece of wax for 2009. Monument has made a giant leap forward from their earlier demos which were pretty dang good themselves. From the beginning “umph” of the rocking “Busy Being Bees”, the overwhelming energy of the band is astounding and completely infectious. Much like Cap’n Jazz always seemed to be one false move from going off the rails into complete chaos, Monument bottle that momentum and let loose with a mass of unbridled enthusiasm. The shouted vocals of “yeah” over the top of “Memory And Location” and “It’s Clear, Tension” bring to mind Braid’s catchy approach at times. The production is raw but still so warm and inviting. Equally spastic and tuneful, Monument is quite adept at swaying back and forth with tempos. The band does just that too measuring their rocking moments with quieter introspection as well. These three songs run the gamut of emotions and the listener is just left to be amazed. After a ton of listens, WOW is all I have left to say. With this impressive three song 7-inch the band has jumped into Algernon-like stratospheres for hyped up (and for good reason of course) emo. Get rad indeed boys!
Genre: Indie/Emo
RIYL: Braid, Cap’n Jazz, American Football
Label: Self-Released
Busy Beeing Bees
this blows algernon out of the water.
well, you never liked algernon in the first place, right?
I ordered this a few weeks ago am definitely enjoying it. They ship it so quickly! I will say that sometimes the yeahs are a bit much, especially in the second song. I’m into it though
i liked the AC demo stuff.
have you heard pirouette?
http://www.myspace.com/pirouettemusic
Sounds good. Nice start to 2009.
yeah, pirouette tis good stuff.
Yeah seriously sir, thanks for the link!
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