Release
date: September
12th
2019. Label: Suburban
Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
ORBIS
QUADRANTIS – Tracklisting
1.Aquilo
12:03
2.Eurus
3.Auster
4.Favonius
Members
Selwyn
Slop, Sander Evers, Peter van der Meer, Boudewijn Bonebakker, Tjerk
Stoop
Review
Acclaimed
Psych Space/Stoner Rockers Monomyth return with their new album Orbis
Quadrantis and it’s a collection of different sounds that only
Monomyth can provide. This album has a more unforgiving nature
compared to their previous albums with the band playing an
experimental and emotionally driven style of Psychedelic Rock with
their familiar KrautRock grooves taking time to fully appear.
It’s
good to hear Monomyth’s trademark style of Heavy Psych/Spaced Out
Grooves told over four epic songs with the band adding elements of
Post-Rock to their music.
Opening
song – Aquilo – is an almost thirteen-minute epic song with
Monomyth taking their playing slowly-played and lush sounding
progressive and psychedelic melodies. This song sees Monomyth adding
different levels of sonic riffage with a haunting gloomy score being
the lifeblood of this entire song. The band bring a heavier
perspective on the final stages of the song with the music becoming
more aggressive and more doom based as a result. This song reminds me
of Monomyth debut album where the band weren’t afraid to explore a
more distinctive gloomy style of music.
Second
song – Eurus – opens with a more upbeat groove and Monomyth add
different instruments to the mix for a friendlier style of
Psychedelic Rock. The song is simply played but it holds your
attention with the band trying different styles of music that
shouldn’t really work but there is a warm addictive groove holding
everything together. There are a few seventies/eighties classic rock
elements held within this song and it does mean that Eurus does take
time to fully come alive and become more involving. However, this a
superbly played song from start to finish and shows a side of
Monomyth that we haven’t experienced before.
Third
song – Auster – is perhaps the most intriguing and exciting song
on the album with Monomyth adding eighties Electronica vibes and
Synth’s to their music. Auster is quite refreshing to hear though
it feels the band cannot decide what they want this song to actually
be. Electronica or Heavy Psych. The song fuses both style of music
with added Ambient sounds amongst the trippy narrative being played
within the song’s nine-minute runtime.
The
final song – Favonius – is quite surreal and has an “earthly”
Post-Rock approach that you can easily lose yourself in. The guitars
are kept to a minimum at first with the other instruments such as
drums and synths leading the way. The band start adding heavy guitars
along the way and the surreal vibe starts to become distant and
replaced with a more “doom and gloom” style of music. The second
half of the song is more progressive and the heavy guitars start to
dictate the overall flow and atmosphere of the whole album.
Orbis
Quadrantis is superbly produced from start to finish and allows
Monomyth to play some of their most diverse music to date. This album
can be quite challenging to listen to at times but it’s never
boring. Monomyth have delivered a rich and emotionally complex
sounding album that still manages to leave you wanting more.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
Orbis
Quadrantis will be available to buy on DD/Vinyl from Suburban Records
from September 12th 2019.
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