Mono Stereo hail from Malmö in Sweden and are one of those rare bands who manage to reach into the back of your brain and caress the parts that will forever be warmly receptive to the sounds of Lenny Kaye's historic Nuggets package, The Chocolate Watch Band, Brian Jones era Stones, The Kinks, The Byrds ca. 65-68, Gary Usher's mindbending stereo-panning productions and so on and so forth…
Paying due reverence to the musical landscape of the paisley coated side of the '60s, with a flavour of the '90s shoegaze scene, they have retained their own modern identity. But Mono Stereo exist in the here and now, and not merely exist, but explode into your consciousness, with their glorious musicality, exquisite reference points and fabulous songs that the retro stylings of mere anachronists miss, by dint of their pure blistering power and intensity.
Brothers Jakub (drums and vocals) and Geggan (vocals and rhythm guitar) had relocated to Sweden from Poland to Sweden in 1991, and when they got together with Kjelle (lead guitar) and Gunnar (bass) in the Summer of 2006, the band began to take shape. Reference points in the current musical climate are Brian Jonestown Massacre, Black Angels, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Kits, with My Bloody Valentine and Ride casting an influence, through the fish eye lens of mid-sixties psych.
Mono Stereo release their long awaited debut on 360 Degree Music on November 9th. Consisting of four self produced tracks, 'Orange Is Green', 'The Day Before Science Fiction', 'Time Will Never Let You Slip Away' and the instrumental 'You Better', the EP will be availably digitally worldwide and on a limited edition CD which will also contain the video for Orange Is Green.
The band will also be supporting the release with a launch party and gig at the Kulturbolaget in Malmö as well as shows in London which will be announced shortly. Additional Swedish, European and US shows are being planned for early 2010 when the band will also release a US 7 inch single and a second EP, which will be mixed and mastered by the legendary US producer Kramer (Bongwater, Butthole Surfers, Galaxie 500).