Mona
Mona
Much like The Blood Arm record, this isn’t going to change the world, but it’s a great example of straight rock music with no frills. Verse, big chorus, verse. A winning formula. Mona don’t exactly re-write the rule book, they just follow some of my favourite rules. Much compared to Kings of Leon, Mona do indeed have a number of the Followills’ traits: the late 60s/early 70s rock structure, the use of lead-guitar to layer riffs, the anthemic chorus. The biggest similarity, though, is simply that Nick Brown sounds a lot like Caleb Followill: the rest is there but comparatively superficial. Mona also have their own sound, which is rawer than the Kings Of Leon. The lyrics here are also generally more melancholy. Tracks like ‘Listen To Your Love’ are perfect to fill a stadium, while others like the standout ‘Shooting The Moon’ are grimier and demonstrate enough edge to keep what is a essentially a mainstream record interesting. Much depends now what they do with that difficult second album: a band that could be bigger than cheese by 2013.
Mona
Much like The Blood Arm record, this isn’t going to change the world, but it’s a great example of straight rock music with no frills. Verse, big chorus, verse. A winning formula. Mona don’t exactly re-write the rule book, they just follow some of my favourite rules. Much compared to Kings of Leon, Mona do indeed have a number of the Followills’ traits: the late 60s/early 70s rock structure, the use of lead-guitar to layer riffs, the anthemic chorus. The biggest similarity, though, is simply that Nick Brown sounds a lot like Caleb Followill: the rest is there but comparatively superficial. Mona also have their own sound, which is rawer than the Kings Of Leon. The lyrics here are also generally more melancholy. Tracks like ‘Listen To Your Love’ are perfect to fill a stadium, while others like the standout ‘Shooting The Moon’ are grimier and demonstrate enough edge to keep what is a essentially a mainstream record interesting. Much depends now what they do with that difficult second album: a band that could be bigger than cheese by 2013.
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