It’s not everyday that the mould of normality is broken and replaced by the new. Likewise trends have to have a beginning.
At first glance you could be forgiven for assuming that Olympus Mons are on surface just another band like all others but then it doesn’t take a trained eye or more importantly, a finely trained ear to pick out that this is not your average continuation of the “rule” it is the defiant exception.
Not different enough to be un-place-able, but not adhering enough to drown in the vast sea of “that sounds like the last band” their unique sound fuses a cross section of genres such as Indie, Rock and Roots, then voices it with subtle jazz chords and progressions finally roofed in by the sometimes desperate, sometimes dramatic and always genuine voice of the lead vocalist.
They were never going to be the band that you had never heard of before you went to bed but can’t avoid in the morning because they were never going to fit the cast of “hype band”. Their strength is in the sound, the performance, the songs and the honesty. It’s not about the "he said, she said”, it’s about the “he saw, he said”, it’s about what is real and as we said before “trends have to start somewhere”
Welcome to the land of Mons!
"Nothing's gonna spoil my day today!" Out Now!
'Indie Record of the year, without a shadow of a doubt' (Subba-Cultcha)
'Olympus Mons are a great band and their music is unlike anything currently circling the mainstream.' (Whisperin & Hollerin)
'This London trio bring something different to the indie rock table.' (Total Guitar)
'Essential listening' (God Is In The TV)
'Olympus Mons is a band name you're going to be seeing a lot of in the near future.' (AudioScribbler)
'This band and their music are like a volcano, erupting all over the place.' (Die Shellsuit, Die!)
'Angular fretwork' (AU)
'Olympus Mons are an innovative exciting new band' (Alternative Vision)
'intriguing listening.' (Clash)
'It's immediately refreshing not to hear the simple power pop which most new bands target... I couldn't recommend it more.' (Music Focus)
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Hey "NX" thanks a lot, yours is as big as that mountain !!
Thanks a lot too if you really did listen to our stuff because sadly,but shit happens ,few people come and take time to exchange and pay attention
I believe that's what its all about myself ,Who gives a shit about how many plays u have , myspace is already history and obsolete now in that respect,facebook and all the new vultures have taken over ahah !!
Would love to see u play and all the more, to share bill with u perhaps one day
Take care !! Many respects to the Olympus Mons Thanks again ! Joolsy
Haha, yeh, 3/5 of us remember Aaron's string breaking mid song. Thanks alot for the feedback, it's seems to be going really well everyones saying they like the sound and that. My favourites are Late Again and Song For Home, you should whack late again bach on the page. How're things with you lot? still gigging in europe from time to time? thanks again for the comment freddiex
Thanks so much for the add!! I also wanted to make sure you had a chance to check out my friend Nycole Valentina's page. She just added some new songs and pics, let me know what you think, Thanks!
Do me a favor, please checkout and add Nycole Valentina at www.myspace.com/nycolevalentina, or Just click on the banner below:
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Hey!! Achso ok:) Na dann können wir ja eigentlich auf Deutsch schreiben:) Vielleicht spielt ihr ja dann auch mal in Deutschland!! Das wär echt super!! Würden euch gerne mal live sehen! Gebt uns Bescheid falls ihr mal hier in der Ecke spielt! Ja die Rifles sind echt cool und total nett!! Ist ja cool dass die aus der Nähe kommen! Wir würden so gern mal nach England, muss geil sein da!! Wir wollten eigentlich jetzt im Juni für eine Woche oder so aber das hat jetzt leider doch nicht geklappt. Aber hoffentlich bald mal! Anyway, macht weiter so und stay in touch..
Hey there! Thanks so much for the comment!! Really great to meet you! It's cool that you know some German, awesome!! Have you ever been here? Are you playing any gigs in Germany soon? That would be great! We've listened to some of oyur stuff and we really loved it! Your music sounds totally awesome! Really loving your sound, very unique! Great tunes! Haha yeah it's great that you like Social Distortion as well! We saw them in Munich a week ago and they were brilliant! Well, no, we don't have our own stuff yet. We're just learning to play the guitar. We've started about a year ago. And we've only once written some songs for the band of a friend of ours. But our biggest dream is to play in a rock band one day. Must be much fun! Anyway, thanks again for stopping by and hope to see oyu one day!
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
Been released from the ward early cos the fuckin idiots believed all our lies...made a dub mix in music therapy confirming our fears that we're far from better MaDb
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
