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About Monkey Underneath
Product Description GOING DEEP TO FIND THE MONKEY UNDERNEATH: N.Y. BASED INDIE BAND ism HITS EMOTIONAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL NERVES ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH ITS DYNAMIC MIX OF ROCK, ELECTRONICA, TRIP-HOP AND INDUSTRIAL SOUNDS Favorably Compared To Nine Inch Nails and a "More Rockin Radiohead," Foursome Led By Yale Grad, Singer/Songwriter Andre Mistier Follows Its Success At College Radio (The Debut Album "Monkey Underneath" Hit #31 on CMJs Radio 200 Chart) With Rising Commercial Radio Single "Beside The Sun," Currently Being Spun on 84 Top 40, Alternative and Mainstream Rock Stations, Including 15 Radio & Records Monitored & Indicators * * * After Rocking Thousands Overseas At The European Music Day Festival Last Summer, ism Has Become a Huge Touring Sensation In The U.S.; Dates This Summer Include Nebraskas Comstock Rock Festival (July 16), Where Theyll Share a Bill With Poison, Styx and Puddle of Mudd Amazon.com Like a kindler, gentler Nine Inch Nails, New York's ism--lower case letters, please--have constructed a debut that's equal parts alternative and industrial. It's also big, bold, and dramatic. Singer/guitarist Andre Mistier, a Yale grad with a degree in comparative mythology, describes the group's inaugural effort as an exploration of "the animal and organic versus the technological and inorganic." (He's joined by Gerard Toriello on guitar, Leigh Battle on bass, and Mike Higgins on drums.) Never fear, the oft-maligned "concept album" tag doesn't apply, but the idea snakes its way through these 10 selections, especially the title track ("We've gone past fire, but not progressed/weve made more, but feel less"). Aside from NIN, ism have also been compared to Radiohead, but it's a description that doesn't quite fit. The American quartet exhibits an anthemic quality--a little like Audioslave--which the more elliptical British band doesn't share. Highlights include the soaring single "Breathe" and Pink Floyd-esque "Crazy Dream," which ends Monkey Underneath on a meditative note. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Review I haven t enjoyed a song this much on the very first listen in a long time. -- WHRL/Albany, NY APD/MD Capone - December 2005 Remarkably accomplished for their age, they are the kind of band that makes every song sound like a single. -- from CityBeat Sept. 2005 Their performance at Kotzia Square during the European Music Day divulged the nerve and passion of good rock n roll -- from Soundpark (Greece) July 2005 ism is one band that has found a way to encompass a sound that should transcend most musical barriers. -- from Catsask Music & Entertainment June 2005 From the Artist "Monkey Underneath is less a concept album than a thematic collection," says Mistier. "We wanted to explore the relationship between the two sides of modern manthe animal and organic versus the technological and inorganicbut do so in a way that is first and foremost a powerful and enjoyable listening experience. You can think if you want to, but its most important that you feel. "Our sound includes organic instruments that are generally associated with the rock genre, like voices, guitars and drums, as well as the trippy, cool vibe of electronic sounds," he adds. "So we can communicate all the elements of modern man, but in a way thats fun and very listenable. The ideas are there to make the listener think, but I try write them in a way thats not overly intellectual so they come across more as common sense, universal nuggets." About the Artist In his legendary, generation defining anthem "Give Peace A Chance," John Lennon sang of the many "isms" that so narrowly define humanitys general way of thinking. But why limit ourselves to one "ism" when life is so abstract and the worlds in such crying need of more universal understanding? Maybe the problem is not just the direction in which we narrow our ways of thinking, but that fact that we choose to narrow our thinking at all. Thats just one of the powerful philosophical questions exp
