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A Dense Swarm Of Ancient Stars

by I Monster

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dram_amine
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dram_amine Scared me to death as a kid, but as an adult I can appreciate how avant garde it is. Favorite track: A Pod Is Waiting.
Squirn
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Squirn everything about this record from the gorgeous production and songwriting to the fun little clunkers (inzects 1 and 2 specifically) makes it so chill, fun, and endearing. While I fully understand why one could dislike this record, (again, inzects 1 and 2) I absolutely love it and it is an actual honour for this to be the first thing I buy on Bandcamp. Favorite track: Lust For A Vampyr.
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turbocod Kicks A#$e. what more need i say? Favorite track: Lust For A Vampyr.
dirxanr
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dirxanr This entire album is just beautiful, high quality music. Very catchy and addictive. Favorite track: Sickly Suite Part 2 - Out Of The Shadows.
Max Vaehling
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Max Vaehling Smooth and catchy yet always a little 'off', with hints of psychedelic pop and dub. Great songs, too. But mostly, it's just fun. Favorite track: Escape From New Yorkshire.
mjohnsonthirteen
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mjohnsonthirteen A great album with an off beat steampunk vibe. Favorite track: Cool Coconuts.
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The Best 04:25

about

I Monster's third album, released in 2009, sees the band in their usual mood - playful psychedelic electronic new wave pop. A sixteen track affair: from the yearning but not-so-innocent-pop bop of 'A Sucker For Your Sound', through the dark twilight psych-dub of 'She's Giving Me The I', to the end of a lifetime sci-fi psychedelic bounce of 'A Pod Is Waiting'. The album boasts the outfit's obsession with vintage gear, including a multitude of analogue synths, Mellotron, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Optigan, Hammond, Theremin...
'Dense Swarm' also features Philly on vocals and Mick Somerset on various saxophones and flutes.
Cover art by the band's own Varrod Goblink, which also features in Storm Thorgerson's 'Classic Album Covers' book.

credits

released March 16, 2009

Recorded at The Bowling Green and Pig View studios in Sheffield, England.

All tracks written, performed and produced by I Monster, except 'The Best' written by Chapman/Knight.

Additional musicians:
Nick Burke - guitar
Tim McCall - guitars
Ross Orton - drums
Stuart Owen - guitars
Philly Smith - vocals
Mick Somerset - saxophones, flutes, whistles, bird calls

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I Monster Sheffield, UK

I Monster was born in 1998. The gentlemen responsible are Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. They specialise in a sort of left field psychedelic, new wave, electronic pop, sort of. Up to now the band have released three albums. Notable feathers in their caps are hit 'Daydream In Blue' and 'The Blue Wrath (theme from 'Shaun Of The Dead'). Their music is used in countless TV shows across the world. ... more

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