Browse by Artist: MONOCHROME SET, THE

Artist:	MONOCHROME SET, THE
Title:	The Independent Singles Collection
Label:	CHERRY RED (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	CDMRED 350CD

"Suave; debonair; sophisticated. Haughty, perhaps, for those who favor the pejorative. Aristocratic in more than one sense, classy in at least as many. The Monochrome Set were effortlessly inventive, literate, poised and immaculate of tuneage, possessed of an internal dialogue as a band that allowed them to surf their own narrative. They were just unlike anything else, in layman's terms. Instead, their sound harked back to a golden era of British pop songwriters. But there was nothing retrogressive about their endeavors. Instead, they wrote songs that recreated the drama and promise of a Pearl & Dean interval theme, veering from lullaby to mambo to harmonic pop, accompanied by lush melodies and irresistibly playful lyrics that embraced morbidity at one extreme, and pitch-perfect satire at another. Because they could. This is The Monochrome Set's complete independent singles collection including B-sides and rare tracks."

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