Mona ?– Torches & Pitchforks Vinyl 2LP

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	$		24

Mona - "Torches & Pitchforks" 2LP

Please note this vinyl is new & unplayed but the sleeve shows some very slight marking/damage (please see photos).

"You begin to wonder, are we the townspeople or are we the monster?" says Nick Brown, the band's front man and producer. The pastor's son named the group after his grandmother, Mona Brown, who was a worship leader in the same denomination as Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. MONA is a four-piece band that carries a rock and roll attitude based in spiritual roots whether they are playing to 9 people in a dive bar or 90,000 at a festival. Brown, along with fellow Dayton, OH native Vince Gard and Kentucky boys Zach Lindsey and Jordan Young come swinging once again with Torches & Pitchforks, a sophomore album that demands attention. The band has not done too shabby over the last couple of years. Inking a deal with Universal Music Groups Mercury/Island Def Jam Records and then releasing its self-titled, critically acclaimed debut album proved to be just the beginning for the four Midwest boys. Mona earned them a spot on the BBC's prestigious "Sounds of 2011" and saw them named MTV Awards' "Brand New Honors for 2011." MONA climbed into the Top 40 in the UK and leapt into the Top 20 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart after its US release in February 2012. The band also went on to TV appearances on Late Night... with Jools Holland, The Tonight Show and Conan, not to mention two years straight of international tours which has helped them fully develop their, "leave it all on the stage" attitude. While headlining plenty of shows along the way they were also invited on the road with the likes of Robert Plant, Arcade Fire, Noel Gallagher and Kings of Leon and at this point MONA shows no signs of slowing down. "We want our music to be heard by more and more people, but our responsibility is to be truthful to ourselves," says Nick. "We try to have a song for every human emotion, which I still call the 'Three F's... Faith, fucking and fighting.'" Torches & Pitchforks wrestles with the idea of "who is really good and who's really evil?" and lives up to the imagery of frightened villagers chasing after the town monster. The songs depict a dualistic world and walk a thin line challenging the listener to find solace only in the music itself and not rely on old familiar ways or the new modern life. Recorded and produced by Nick in his Nashville home and mixed by Mark Needham (The Killers, Sly and the Family Stone, Chris Isaak), MONA prove they are not afraid to take artistic risks, even if the pressure is on for commercial success. Blending scorched earth rockers like the lead single "Goons (Baby, I Need It All)," the gauntlet-dropping, Led Zeppelin inspired "Cross the Line" and self-declared "summer drunk song," "Wasted," are the yin to the yang of emotional back and forth relationship songs "Freeway" and "Like You Do." MONA touch even more emotions with the rockabilly chugging of "Darlin," the "take you to church" gospel title track "Torches & Pitchforks, a tribute to all blue collar workers with "Late Night" and the epic, Beatles-esque, six-minute closer "Love Divine," with Brown channeling John Lennon's primal scream. If that wasn't enough, "Truth," "Me Under" and "L.L.L." in addition to head space changing interludes take the listener on a 48 minute journey to contemplate all things human.
A1     Intro    
A2     Wasted    
A3     Truth    
A4     Darlin    
A5     Goons (Baby, I Need It All)    
A6     Freeway    
B7     Interlude (Don't Cry)    
B8     Torches & Pitchforks    
B9     Like You Do    
B10     Cross The Line    
B11     Me Under    
C12     Interlude (Waiter)    
C13     Late Night    
C14     L.L.L.    
C15     Love Divine    
D16     Torches & Pitchforks (Piano Mellow)    
D17     Backseat    
D18     Lift It Up    
D19     Stand By Me (NB Haunt)
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