Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the release of the new single from Perth-based experimental psych outfit Monotonic. ‘Lazers at Dawn’ is the second single lifted from their forthcoming album “Heavy Metal”, due out March 27th. The single is accompanied by a delirious music video by Perth-based video artist and Hidden Shoal head, Cam Merton. The track is available to download via BandCamp and stream on all the usual services. The music of Monotonic is available for licensing via Hidden Shoal (film, tv, web games etc). Check here for more details.
“With ‘Heavy Metal,’ Monotonic appear less interested in reviving psychedelic tradition than in interrogating it — dragging its ghosts into the present, distorting their shapes, and letting the feedback hum where certainty once lived. “Lazers At Dawn” is both a continuation and a deepening of that mission: trance-inducing, unruly, and unapologetically strange.” – It’s Psychedelic Baby
Monotonic was formed during the pandemic by veterans of Perth’s golden alt-rock era: Liam Coffey (Header, The Slow Beings), Allan Balmont (Ammonia), and Jack Lucas (Yummy Fur/Six Mile High). Reuniting decades after their respective bands made waves in the ’90s, the three longtime friends found a fresh creative spark in loose jam sessions that continued to evolve into something greater than intended. Jams turned into songs, and while there were no initial plans to record, they became so committed to the music they were creating that an album eventually became an inevitability.
