Glorious Monster

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"Glorious Monster’s day gig also shines through in the obviously cinematic bent and scope of their musical work. It’s not a coincidence that the album’s strongest track is titled “In the Movies” and kicks off with the sound of an old-school film projector starting up. In an era where most bands can be fully experienced by grabbing mp3s off of a download service, Glorious Monster are that rare tech savvy band that still believes in the power of the album, aiming to create a world of sound and images that’s all encompassing....“In the Movies” shimmering guitar fills and simple but effective recurrent xylophone figure, the zonked-orchestral-keyboard-ballad-set-to-overdriven-beats “Photograph”—are some of the most innovative and lush pop you’ll likely hear in or outside of Minnesota this year. Adventures on Earth is certainly an auspicious debut from a group intensely committed to their craft" -- Rob van Alstyne, Reveille Magazine

"The music is a perfect soundtrack to the creature's lonely ramblings—it's dreamy, yearning, and atmospheric. The vocals are story-hour quiet and breathy, blended together like notes in a chord. Synthesized tones echo in space, occasionally refracting a bit of light before they dissolve." -- Sarah Askari, Citypages

Glorious Monster is the art-pop project created by the composition/production duo The Skeptics (Brian Casey and Danny Burke) and visual artist Anton Friant. After the release of their debut album Adventures on Earth and its follow up the In The Movies Remix ep in 2007 Monster has spent much of the past year in the studio creating their new band the Neo-Disco-Electro-Funk band, Man is Doomed. Another full length Glorious Monster album is currently in the early stages of development.

Brian, Danny, and Anton all met while students at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2001. As the composition/production duo The Skeptics, Brian and Danny have written award winning music for a variety of projects ranging from TV, film and advertisements to their own band projects as Glorious Monster and Man is Doomed. Working with In The Groove Music, a Minneapolis-based commercial music house, The Skeptics have worked on dozens of projects for companies such as BMW, Coca Cola, Sony Picture Classics, MTV and the Discovery Networks.

The spring of 2009 will see the dawn of Man is Doomed, The Skeptics Neo-Disco Electro-Funk band, and its debut album Escape to Europa which is due to be released March 30th. A new full length Glorious Monster album is also slowly but surely being crafted behind the scenes, but no release date has been set as The Skeptics will spend most of 2009 focused on the release of Man is Doomed and increasing the power/stamina of their pelvic thrusts.

Member Since:

April 19, 2006

Members:

Music by Brian Casey and Danny Burke
Graphic Design/Live Visualizations Anton Friant

Influences:

Massive Attack, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, M83, Sigur Ros, Dj Shadow, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, U.N.K.L.E., the Chemical Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Danny Elfman, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Gustav Mahler

Sounds Like:

babies crying and planets dying

Record Label:

Skeptic Music