Influences, of course, are of a transitory nature --- they float in and out of one's frame of vision continually, leaving residual traces that get blended into the cognitive soup.
Here's what we've been moved by most recently:
kerry & daev have vowed only to listen to music of 13th century percussive monks
duncan --- M. Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Alexi Murdoch;
jennie --- Little Boots, Vampire Weekend, Fantasies, Great Lake Swimmers
The Monster Show are the essence of ghosts — sounds of longing, of remorse; creaking door, whispers, bells. They are the plunking banjo (its bull’s-eye-with-arrow) and swirling keys, the big bodies of bass and drums stirred into simmering melody and snare-rattle. But The Monster Show heat up when the hollow guitar chimes. They boil up beneath our feet and overflow with smoke and song — blanketing us all in country, soul, funk, rock & roll.
January 2009 marked the release date for The Monster Show's first full-length Album, And In Our Final Days As Archipelago.
To get your hands on a copy of the album head on over to CD Baby dot com or show up at a gig. The album is available for digital download at iTunes and through CD Baby.
For those of you in the KW or Guelph area, you can pick up albums at these fine local establishments:
Orange Monkey Music - 5 Princess Street West, Waterloo, ON N2L 2X7 Encore Records - 54 Queen Street South, Kitchener, ON N2G 1V6 Ground Floor Music - 13 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON N1H 2T1
good luck on your tour! drive safely (assuming, of course, that you're not travelling in your private jet). please play shows in guelph when you return!
i love how you guys re arrange the art and stuff, looks so cool. im loving the album youguys, it sounds great. cant wait to see you guys play some toronto shows !! hope you're all well !
Just a reminder to listen to THE MONSTER SHOW on THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH. It's an ALL CANADIAN music show FRIDAYS 4:30-6pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin, Texas. You can listen online at www.KOOP.org.
Yo! I'm listening to the CD right now and I'm blown away by the sound quality! I knew you guys can make good music, but you've got some serious recording skills as well. Mad street cred coming your way from this side of town. Peace!
Great set last night, great crowd, good times! Heard the first 4 or 5 tracks of the new record on the way to work this morning and I'm lovin' it, can't wait for my ride home!
