Okay, what we have here is a new record by the Monks Of Doom. This group was formed over thirty years ago by three-fifths of Camper Van Beethoven and a future member of Counting Crows. Now, the band has released their first album in twenty-five years. It\u2019s been so long since they released a disc that none of their previous record labels even exist anymore! I\u2019ve never really even listened to them before on account of their material being difficult to track down. <\/p>\n
But what you find here is a very interesting disc. The opening track is a lengthy instrumental with different parts including a breakdown with lots of heavy guitar. The atmospheric \u201cThe Bastards Never Show Themselves\u201d actually features the vocals of David Immergluck, and boy, it is a spacey, weird sort of number. Even more so is \u201cDuat! Duat!\u201d which features piano, mandolin, and some trippy guitar tones. If one is looking for the oddest, most out-there record this year, here ya go, you got yourself a winner.<\/p>\n
It should be said that if you\u2019re not a fan of largely instrumental records, no matter the quality of musicianship, this record and this band is definitely not for everyone. More than singing, Immergluck basically recites his lyrics and the result is equitable to spoken word with some discordant backing behind him. The one track that is different is \u201cJohn The Gun,\u201d the most traditional sounding song here. It\u2019s a strong track and definitely stands out from the rest. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, while the musicianship here is superb and would make most musicians blush, this record isn\u2019t for everyone, myself included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10134],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-45236","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-monks-of-doom","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45236"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}