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The first thought might not always be the one that ends up on paper, but it is the one to which you return to for inspiration at a later date, like a kiss from your first date, it is the comparison to which all others are others are sized, judged, considered, and it the act in which you witness the act of the proclamation of Love Me, and how a marriage of ideas can be brought forth and unified from that single initial moment.
It is a marriage, of the ideas, the belief in the performance, the past and the future, that sees Liverpool’s The Mono LPS zoom into 2021 with the kind of acceleration, precision and drive that you could expect from a seasoned Formula One driver as they close on in on a world championship season, one of pride, passion, showmanship, but above all control, for this is not the time to wave to the crowd with both hands off the wheel in celebration, this is the time to cement what crowds, fans and devotees have always wanted, always wished for, the moment of pure exhilaration, of being the absolute and all- consuming musicians that they have always been; just with a song that should be a national hit.
Never one to rest on their laurels, the polished sound of the band has always thrilled, always lovingly broken the heart and then put it back together in a way that the listener can but only dream of being caressed by the cello infused Rock sound on a daily basis, but in Love Me, it is the sense of hybrid infusion of taking something from the vault and bringing it to life in the modern day, not a monster, not some nightmarish ghoul to invade dreams, but the muso-scientist creating a vision, an appreciation of the moment which stretches out before the commander of the Bow’s hand and is stirred into existence by the foursome in white coats and a glint in their eye.
In marriage you must learn to mosh and tango and the same time, Love Me is that overwhelming sense of purpose, the desire to learn the steps and throw caution to the wind on the same dancefloor, a track that not only cements the band’s reputation as one of the most inventive and loved of Liverpool’s 21st Century muses, but one that is that all important feature of a single that should be destined for country-wide sing-a-long, of truth in the minutest of movements, and an earworm to die for in the sweeping gesture.
Outstanding!
The Mono LPS’ single, Love Me, is out now.
Ian D. Hall