Electric Monk - Wake Up the Neighbours!
Electric Monk sent me a demo release which hippy aesthetics (though the sharp-shaped card box is kind of cool) hold me back for a week or so before I managed to put that cd-r into my cd player. Glad I did. Wake Up the Neighbours! is 18 minutes of energetic music perfect for summer time.
I’m not an expert with this style of rock music, but I’d say the influence from 60’s and early 70’s is evident. This is not pretending to be original, this simply just rocks. Good for the Monks that they have their act so well together; if this would be any less tight this would be worthless, I dare say. This band however seem to have graduated from the School of Rock with good grades. Plus vocalist Topias Jerkku have a cool rock n’ roll voice with enough dirt to keep it interesting.
I won’t be missing this tomorrow, but while listening to this, it’s pleasing - which is enough.
Electric Monks’ mp3s are available at Mikseri, including this 6-song release in its entirety.
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