Album Review
Monokultur – "Monokultur" – [Ever/never]
Thurston Hunger 5/13/2020 12-inch, A Library
Downer duo, bedroom synth-pop during a power-outage. Synthesizers paradoxically fueled by some kind of apathy transformer, I guess. Vocals from Elin Engström and JJ Ulius taste of a hunger strike, songs are similarly skeletal. Dubby bass backbone, with light synth spin or barbiturate guitar nibbling at your ears. If you are like me, and you enjoy a drum machine that is need of therapy, this 2018/19 full-length debut will fill your skies with a rich slate gray.
I assume the album title is more a statement on their lo-fi sound than an homage to the same-named online zine. These two Swedeys also spend time changing units in the band Skiftande Enheter. On this album “Som en Hund” is the peppiest puppy of the litter, the last track, translates as “The Long Awaited End” I sure hope there’s life after that. Till then listen to this with a stethoscope, cold to the skin.
DJ meatball challenge: Make up English translations for the titles when on air.
you heard it 15 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 436 days ago, Avakhov played Angrar Inget
- 894 days ago, Kimbrosia played Som En Hund
- 901 days ago, Bryan Chandler played Angrar Inget
- 905 days ago, Avakhov played Elins Instrumentala Lat
- 912 days ago, Avakhov played Far Jag Va Me I Ditt Gang
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