Monday Morning Sun was formed in 2006 by two members of the Oxford hardcore experimentalists Xmas Lights. Taking their diverse influences the duo make music which meshes shades of light, emotion and drawn-out tension.
MMS was born from an admiration of psychedelic, ambient, dub, trip hop and mind-numbing guitar driven music, with lyrics pondering personal yet universal themes.
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Tracklisting:
1. Bad Bones
2. Blind Leading The Blind
3. Never Put A Foot Wrong
4. Smoke And Mirrors
5. Questions
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"And so we embark on another epic journey into electronic unpleasantness
with Xmas Lights lynchpin Umair Chaudhry, a man who either has an awful
lot of spare time on his hands or else has an awful lot of bile to unload. This latest opus weighs in at a full hour and could easily have been stripped of a couple of its more ponderous tracks, Gregorian industrial dirges wherein any hope for mankind’s salvation is hoovered up by some vile robotic battle tank, but at its best this is pretty awesome stuff, lead track ‘Bad Bones’ in particular, with its galley slave beats and eviscerating synthetics that, over ten minutes, billow up into a cavernous cacophony that’s almost operatic in its reach and grandeur, a disembodied robot voice your only friend for the trip. Umair is a master of unrelenting music, doubtless gleaned from his love of Swans, a band who took the idea of desolation to a whole new level. He’s closest to their grim magnificence on ‘The Quest’, the musical equivalent of something nasty stalking darkened corridors. He might be in need of some serious editing at times, but really, give this man a full orchestra and let him loose composing the incidental music for the next series of Dr Who." - Nightshift Magazine
"From the remnants of Xmas Lights come Monday Morning Sun, an Oxford/London duo with their debut EP. Bad Bones kicks things off with frantic dramatised emergency calls, before dropping some sweeping noises and low bass sounds and slinking into a repetitive groove. Some mysterious electronic vocals kick in for a while, but the relaxed yet unrelenting groove presses on regardless. Around eight minutes you think it’s going to end, as white noise envelopes proceedings, but eventually the beat kicks back in. And on it goes, for just over eleven minutes, although it doesn’t seem overly long. Blind Leading The Blind is springy and initially sounds like a gothic choir chanting over an electronically treated didgeridoo. Doesn’t sound like it should be great, but it works well. Then some doom laden vocals arrive and things plod along somewhat, the music atmospheric and industrial. Never Put A Foot Wrong is a very cyclical sound piece of music, it sounds like it might break of into a jig or reel or even some crazy flamenco. Eventually some very Ian Curtis style sombre vocals arrive, not altering the music one jot. It’s very repetitive music, but wonderfully easy to get lost in their dark world. Smoke And Mirrors starts out suitably hazy and this is the first tune that is rather lacking in dynamics, and at five minutes plus it takes some going. Questions is doomy again, and stomps through the quagmire stalking its prey. The tune sounds like its wearing heavy boots, and squelches electronically. The lyrics are odd intoned stuff about why questioning why and letting sleeping dogs lie. This EP is weird and wonderful and very dark, but ultimately rewarding." - Russells Reviews
"Monday Morning Sun’s bleak, neo-gothic soundboxes are enough to make you think the Middle East is being ripped to pieces and there’s a recession. Oh, wait. All five grandiose tracks bleed into one landscape, any number of different
shades of grey. While closer ‘Questions’ brings the gig to a snappier close, the set lacks the sympathetic respite of, say, Godspeed You! Black Emperor. It’s churlish to slate a band for being depressing and the two are, undeniably, the architects of a reference layered, moody atmospheric suite." - Nightshift Magazine
We've got two very different but very awesome shows for you this week...
First up is THE DEAD FORMATS (Visible Noise) on Wednesday 1st July. For fans of THE CLASH and THE JAM, The Dead Formats are catchy choruses, post-punk ethics and true self belief.
Supporting are THE JET BOYS, IN ISOLATION and SINATRA.
And if that doesn't float your boat, SAUSAGEFEST 2009 is coming up on Sunday 5th July, featuring the best on local and national metal and hardcore. THE RED CHORD, THE ARUSHA ACCORD, MARTYR DEFILED, RANDOM CONFLICT and loads more!
Hi guys, don't forget next Tuesday 30th June sees the almighty DEATH ANGEL and KATAKLYSM playing live @ SEVEN with KEEP OF KALESSIN
We will be doing an aftershow party with the Total Annihilation DJs in the bar downstairs for those who don't want the night to end- so stick around and see if you can spot anybody interesting! ;)
SEVEN has some pretty good stuff coming up over the next couple of weeks with the best of up-and-coming talent both locally and nationally. Take a gander below- something might just take your fancy...
Feel free to drop us a comment or a message... it's what we live for, innit.
LAST EVER GIG AT THE ROYAL OAK AS IT IS SHUTTING DOWN!!! Stacked Promotions Battle of the Bands 2009 Heat 2 at the Royal Oak 20th June. Come vote for you favorite band or just come for a good time. The third heat 3rd July and 25th July final will be held at the YMCA Halifax and its bring your own booze.
Package arrived at the venue saturday morning yeay! too late for friday nights event but have put some flyers around and will get some posters up for this weeks events happening there xx
Hey guys great songs!. I'm an audio engineer working from Central Sound Studio in Glasgow. If you are interested in recording new material in a fully equipped professional recording studio that offers great rates in a relaxed, creative environment, please get in touch! thanks
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