Monti – This Is You EP
Monti - This Is You EP
Release Date: Out Now
Monti is the musical vehicle for
LA based Lauren Silva and, judging by this EP, it’s a vehicle set to take her
on a long journey. Proceedings get underway on ‘Coward’s Castle’ which is a
plea for someone to come out of their shell set to the kind of uplifting,
up-tempo ballad that we would normally expect from Pink. ‘Echo’ slows things
down initially before the chorus of “we are, we are, we are the voiceless, we
are, we are, we are the restless, we are, we are, we are our choices” rings out
like a call to arms that could easily be the anthem for a younger generation
that feels bitterly ignored even though it’s there future being destroyed.
There is a commercial, polished
feel to Monti’s work which I entirely mean as a compliment in this context so
it’s no surprise that her music has been featured on TV and that she’s worked
with some big time writers in her time. In that vein, ‘Shadow’ is my favourite
on this album as it sounds like the kind of track Christina Aguilera would
enjoy belting out with a full backing band, horn section and some lush organs
cutting through the bittersweet lyrics and superb vocal delivery. On ‘Hurt’
Monti moves in to a more ambient space with driving, dubby beats and subdued
melodies giving the vocals space to roam.
The EP closes out on ‘Super
Hero’, a track with an almost tribal triumphalism that rings out loud and clear
in to the night sky. Monti is not a conventional pop star in the making with
subject matter that has depth and arrangements that catch you off guard so if
you’re bored of the mainstream then I might just have found you a gateway drug
into a different world.
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