Band Scene V: From The Makers Of...

...Panic! At The Disco comes what may be one of the most soon-to-make-it bands I have ever seen or heard. From the suburbs of Providence in a town called Cranston, RI came Monty Are I. Since high school, they have been making some of the most creative post-punk/screamo out there. Already they have been featured on Van's Warped Tour, and are currently on their own nationwide tour. Driven by their first major release Wall Of People produced by Matt Squire which hit stores and iTunes in summer 2006, they have been spreading their influence around the nation. Featuring transcending vocals, solo wailing guitars along with exceptionally tight drumming and synths (even some keytar) and horns, Monty combines a plethora of soudns into something known as "action rock." They have won nationwide battle of the band contests and were voted "Band To Watch Out For" in 2005 by the Alternative Press. Their influence is mainly spread by a massive street team of groupies spread around the world. This is one show I would definately like to see live, and it turns out they just came by Hartford...two weeks ago. Summertime then, the season for shows. The on defining aspect of Monty Are I is that as soon as you start to compare them to say, AFI, New Found Glory, or even Shadows Fall, they instantly change your mind with then next track. Their inital single "Between the Sheets" is an explosive rock anthem that gives off the energy of what they are capcable on stage. Honestly, i do not have a favorite track off the entire album. One of the coolest album tricks I've seen is from "Island City" to "Metropolis": the song ends with a fading minimal piano melody, and then the same exact meoldy is the fade in to the nex track- at a differnt tempo, and completely different direction. The first dozen or so times, I didn't even know it was two separate songs. Wow great engineering, as you could expect. So, blah blah blah buy this album.