‘Cement Cathedrals’ is a limited cassette release and the first release from the Stay Strange label based in San Diego. Monochromacy are best described as minimalist drone. From the very beginning you get lost in it’s cold unique sound, which takes you away to a dark and doomy place. A slow and sinister pace which invokes a mournful feeling but still soothing to the soul. In places, there are coherent delayed bass riffs, but the rest is atonal and bleak, yet also very together. It’s mastered by James Plotkin, who is known for his work with Sunn O))), ISIS, Pelican and Earth. So certainly the ideal choice for Monochromacy. At times, a haunting wash of drone drifting in it’s own ambience, like on the track ‘Nihilo’. Then drifting back into overlapping white-noise.
The final track, ‘Life Without Air,’ is quite different to the rest. As it has a low, shadowy vocal and a ghostly air of Joy Division about it. Definitely the perfect track to finish the EP. Even if you’re not into this style of music it would be worth giving it a try. Be adventurous and listen to the meditation music for the end of times.
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