‘Looking Away (EP)’ by Monotronic

‘Looking Away (EP)’ by Monotronic

When you talk about Monotronic, you are bound to hear catchy hooks at some point, one of the music collective's strengths. With ‘Looking Away’, their new EP, they emphasise this status once again and whisk the listener away from their dreary everyday lives with four songs. 

The title track itself impresses above all with its upbeat indie-pop drive, which takes a guitar on board and produces an extremely appealing sound. The song is equipped with vocals that maintain the tension over the entire length, so you virtually float through the highs and lows of life. A great start!

This is followed by the well-known ‘Kids of Summer (ft. Omar Hakim)’, which transports a little vintage into the present and invites you to escape from reality with the synth rock of the 80s. A strong piece that shows no weaknesses and musically moves in a completely different direction from the opener.

A little calm returns with ‘Sun Song’, but a calm that doesn't forget the catchiness and shows what the song is made of in the chorus - very good songwriting. The EP ends with a cover version that made me curious when I read the song title. ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ - you have to have the courage to dare to do that. But I'll say it up front, everything went well; Monotronic manage to stay close to the original in this cover without copying. There are always moments that really do the song good and bring it into the present, so to speak. So in the end, we have an EP with four songs that radiates a musical mixture of incredibly high appeal. A brilliant introduction for anyone who doesn't know Monotronic yet!

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