{"id":23937,"date":"2016-10-28T10:39:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T09:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=23937"},"modified":"2016-10-28T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T09:39:16","slug":"mnnqns-are-on-top-with-new-ep-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/mnnqns-are-on-top-with-new-ep-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"MNNQNS Are On Top With New EP, &#8216;Capital&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/10\/mnnqns-are-on-top-with-new-ep-capital\/mnnqns-capital-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MNNQNS-Capital-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C796&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"mnnqns-capital-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MNNQNS-Capital-1.jpg?fit=640%2C425&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/MNNQNS-Capital-1.jpg?resize=640%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mnnqns-capital-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rouen band, MNNQNS has been one we&#8217;ve written a lot about over the years, and for good reason.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The band, whose members hail from both France and the UK, have an immensely listenable sound, which reminds us a lot of New Order and The Smiths, with lots of expert rock guitar and strong and highly emotive vocals. Their songs are both lyrically and musically complex, with their new EP, &#8216;Capital&#8217;, being no less so than their other work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The five track EP, <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/mnnqns-are-back-with-new-single-capital-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\">some of which we&#8217;ve highlighted on here already<\/a>, was released on October 4,\u00a0and is available to buy from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/fr\/album\/capital-ep\/id1150030222\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mnnqns.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>, and stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/artist\/1xv8LIJ3qAL2EioqhUjqtY?play=true&amp;utm_source=open.spotify.com&amp;utm_medium=open\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deezer.com\/search\/mnnqns\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=1937869620\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out MNNQNS online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mnnqns\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnnqnsband\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rouen band, MNNQNS has been one we&#8217;ve written a lot about over the years, and for good 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