{"product_id":"the-monochrome-set-allhallowtide-black-vinyl","title":"THE MONOCHROME SET - ALLHALLOWTIDE [Black Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP, Black\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TR500LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4015698186659 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 11 Mar 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving amassed a formidable catalogue of releases on a number of key labels over 5 decades, including Rough Trade, Dindisc and Cherry Red, The Monochrome Set are ready to release their new studio album on Tapete Records - the bands home for the last eight years and five albums.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe indie pop veterans have been hard to pin down over this time. Their instantly recognisable sound and darkly hilarious lyrics have always set them apart. Bid's cerebral Brit wit spikiness and debonair tones melded to infectious melodies and deft songcraft of a cinematic and literary quality has been quietly influential over a diverse set of artists since their inception and throughout different stages of their career so they can count the likes of Graham Coxon, Iggy Pop, Alex Kapranos, Neil Hannon, Johnny Marr and Jarvis Cocker as fans.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBid is joined in The Monochrome Set by fellow original Andy Warren on bass, Mike Urban on drums and newest recruit Athen Ayren on keyboards. For the album recording Alice Healey brovides backing vocals with Karen Yarnell on percussion and Jon Clayton, additional instrumentation. The album was recorded at OneCat Studio in London, engineered by Jon Clayton and produced by Jon Clayton and Bid and will be released by Tapete Records on 11th March 2022.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter an aeon spent in infinitely old cities of the body and mind, a magical creature glides back into its bedroom.It has been changed forever - what once was human is now a higher being, an unnatural force, the new perfect.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt can still feel the exulting gaze of The Eye upon its back- thousands of years of brooding, planning, in deep, dark, secret places, waiting for the stars to align, the ideal body to infuse.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe air around it spits ferociously; the whines of the weak still sing in its ears, like the pathetic squeaks of old curtains as they are closed forever.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt stands before the full length mirror, its reflection now clouded with dust.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA lifetime of waiting; my poor mirror, here I am, I will clean you!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt picks up a cloth and wipes across the glass triumphantly!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrange.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt looks the same as before it left, all that time ago.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA naked old man.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e...and from a hidden door comes the strains of The Monochrome Set's 16th and latest album,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Allhallowtide\", with its elegantly crafted pop songs, ornate melodies, sumptuous lyrics, all performed superbly by a rare and legendary band.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1) Allhallowtide\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2) Ballad Of The Flaming Man\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3) My Deep Shoreline\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4) Moon Garden\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5) Really In The Wrong Town\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6) Box Of Sorrows\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7) I, Servant\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8) In A Chapel Of A Personal Design\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9) Hello, Save Me\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10) Resplendent In A Darkness\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11) Parapluie\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TAPETE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41328110567580,"sku":"TR500LP","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/image003_b21c9224-c22e-4e34-b59a-8a6937217b69.jpg?v=1641469083","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/the-monochrome-set-allhallowtide-black-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}