Artist: Monta
Album: The Brilliant masses
Label: Klein Records
Year: 2007
Reviewed by: Woodstock Slim
I
have to totally go "on" the record here and say something I have never
said before. (taking deep breath) OK, I never say stuff like this, not
even to my friends, but... Monta should be the only band to ever tour
with The Cure. There, said it. Not that The Cure is missing anything or
any elements but Monta and Cure on the same stage will blow apart music
for me and I will go home and burn all my tapes. For real.
I keep
thinking it's The Cure, but it's not, it does not sound like it, Monta
does not sound like Robert Smith but they're like the parallel universe
version force thing... The Lyrics are awesome, the mood is excellent,
the tone is fantastic! The chorus of"Good morning stranger" the second
track is better than all of U2's albums put together. Their songs are beautiful
like children. The songs differ from each other like the faces on a
playground and every child has a heart of gold and a face like a small
sun. Their songs are children, all of their children sound like Monta.
Every track on this album is good and wholesome and does not try or
pretend to be anything it is not. If you hear one track you will love
the band instantly, if you don't however just dust off your Joshua Tree
record and listen to that one more time.
Monta is Sunday afternoon
like Cake is. Cake if funky and edgy. Monta is Sunday afternoon. Cake
is smokey and sleezy. Monta is Sunday afternoon. The Cure is blunt,
melancholy and true. Monta is a white lie on Sunday afternoon. Think,
The Blue Aeroplanes without the scratchy guitars. Think belly full of
Sunday lunch dozing off in a hammock in the garden.
I can't imagine
listening to "The Brilliant Masses" in my car, rrrrrr! It would be like
drinking milk in your coffee if you take it black. It just doesn't sit
right... unenthusiastically dry humping your sub woofer. Nah, won't
work in the car. More of this please.
