Thursday, January 27, 2022

Monodrama - Mndrmooaa (January 2022 Everlasting Records)

To approach a text explaining Monodrama is to take on a genuine challenge. Like Faust when ordered by Mephistopheles to “invent words, now that ideas fail you”, we are bereft of signifiers to describe Monodrama’s music – they are the happiest anomaly of current Spanish music, a band with no apparent reference points in our local scene.

1. A BLUE FLAME 06:18
2. EVERYTHING IN ITS WRONG PLACE 07:04
3. LEVITATION 04:05
4. THE HUNT 07:35
5. GOLDEN AGE OF THE EYE 04:02
6. STATEMENT PART 1: WOLVES ARE AT THE DOOR 03:42
7. STATEMENT PART 2: FIGHT! 03:45
8. HOBO 06:05
9. THERE WILL BE BLOOD 02:50
10. INNER DANCE 06:10
11. BIG HOPE 08:43
12. SARABANDE 10:18
13. PAHOEHOE 05:24