Monroe Moon
A three-song EP that drifts between ambient haze, trip-hop gloom and a piano ballad — and lands every time.
Monroe Moon released a new EP called "Joy" and it's a beautifully put together set of 3 songs that give off styles reminiscent of bands like Massive Attack, Imogen Heap, and a flurry of 90's alt-pop acts.
Twisted up into ambient guitar grooves, a touch of gloom, ethereal tones, and even piano ballads, the Joy EP hits pretty hard when you're least expecting it.
Tracks like "Hark", a song for Yoko inspired by peace brings a little Metric vibes as it plays through with it's truthful message "The only things that matter are peace, love and freedom".
The introductory track "New American Housewife" makes you feel a little better about being a little crazy. The point still being we should unite and understand each other. We're all the same.
The Joy EP has a very positive and important set of messages in good spirit and it comes through just the way it should.
We had a chat with Monroe Moon about the Joy EP and more.
So the Joy EP is a warm culmination of ambient guitars and indie-pop beas and the whole project beacons some 90's alternative pop styles. How did this EP come about?
MM: All three songs on the EP were written shortly before the COVID pandemic hit and the world froze. Their meaning and significance to me and the band became clear during lock-down and I felt a real need to put them out as soon as I could, as my expression of how I felt and was reacting to everything that was happening in the world.
