{"id":34430,"date":"2018-03-28T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=34430"},"modified":"2018-03-28T16:34:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:34:55","slug":"mono-club-release-debut-album-sky-high-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/mono-club-release-debut-album-sky-high-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"MONO CLUB RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM &#8211; \u2018SKY HIGH &#038; SUBMARINE\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mono-Club-4-Col.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34431\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/mono-club-release-debut-album-sky-high-submarine\/mono-club-4-col\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mono-Club-4-Col.jpg?fit=2500%2C1667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mono-Club-4-Col\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mono-Club-4-Col.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Mono-Club-4-Col.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>London six-piece band Mono Club will release their debut album &#8216;Sky High And Submarine&#8217; on 30 March, through LGM Records.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recorded and self-produced in the band&#8217;s london studio, before being mixed by Dave Eringa, best known for his work with Manic Street Preachers, the album comprises 10 tracks with a distinct 60s vibe. First track &#8216;Sour Mash&#8217; is a heavy psych song, laid back and ethereal, whereas the title track, which follows on, conjures up visions of driving along a clifftop road in the summer time, possibly in California. &#8216;Memory Critical&#8217; owes a lot to The Beatles and their close harmonies, while fourth track, &#8216;Other People&#8217;s Words&#8217; could have come from John Lennon himself, the vocals eerily reminiscent of the much lamented singer.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s a lot of psych influences here and it&#8217;s a genre we particularly like, with the vocals clinging tightly to the instrumentation. &#8216;Best Laid Plans&#8217;, and &#8216;Over The Moon&#8217; could quite easily have come straight off the soundtrack of a David Lynch film, and if he&#8217;s in need of some new music he should look no furrther than Mono Club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tempo speeds up for &#8216;Place Called Home&#8217;, reminding us of The Housemartins, but drops back again with track 8, &#8216;Venus Rising&#8217;, which takes us back to the 60s and SoCal psych. It&#8217;s trancy and laid back and gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Track 9, &#8216;Heaven Was Her Heart&#8217; opens up like Fine Young Cannibals&#8217; &#8216;She Drives Me Crazy&#8217; before returning to the Doors-y\/Beatles-y sound of before. Jangly guitars and some wah-wah characterise the penultimate song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Final song on the album, &#8216;Sleeping&#8217; feels like Oasis meets The Cure; it works &#8211; lots of guitars and the characteristic drawn out vocals. The perfect end to a fabulous album.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Sky High And Submarine&#8217; can be streamed and downloaded from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/sky-high-and-submarine\/1339655394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079846F3J\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079846F3J&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=fcce3c803933040e018039f5824dedcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B079846F3J\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6wjE71pFHu8NHwZeBr3JLc?si=pwt8-iZHTm6B5B_AE9cJQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>. You can find Mono Club online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monoclubmusic.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/monoclubmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monoclubmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monoclubmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_92996\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nT6pRmcrYZg?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Mono Club - Best Laid Plans (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nT6pRmcrYZg\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London six-piece band Mono Club will release their debut album &#8216;Sky High And Submarine&#8217; 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