"if there's an Eden, I'd like to think so, I'd like to think so..."
Stepping into the pulsating "x-rayed Eden" by Amsterdam based divergent dream pop (or broken pop) outfit 'I saw Les Monte' is like merging into a black and white foreign film. One of those films that exist in secretive theaters at midnight. I adore this track and it is so unique and evocative that it is not easy to describe in terms of other artists but I am thinking that their sound conjures up an amalgam of Interpol, She Wants Revenge, David Lynch and The Jazz Butchers with a hint of Leonard Cohen. You may disagree or agree but rather than describe the song and it's almost hallucinogenic illusionary pull I will simply tell you that things happen that surprises me not once but each time I listen. In today's cookie cutter world that, in and of itself, is magical.
In the end, "x-rayed Eden" by I saw Les Monte is painfully beautiful. Their debut album, "Machine & Men" will be released after the summer and will be part of a trilogy. The filmic Official Video as shot by Paul Cupido and featuring Johanna Tengan only enhances this wonderful song.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
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I saw Les Monte is a three-piece-planet, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
It’s hard to describe the music. Cinematic dreampop maybe. But not always.
Little journeys that consists out of acoustic elements, synths, snippets of field recordings,
sci-fi effects. Always slowly, but never fully revealing beautiful melodies.
Since all songs are little journeys you should experience from start to end, we realise that it’s hard to be judged in 30 seconds. But we truly hope you would give it a chance!
There’s a lot more coming up. Our first album ‘Machine & Men’ will be released soon after the summer and will be part of a trilogy. All ready to put out.
I saw Les Monte, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, three piece, divergent, artful, dream pop, broken dream pop, indie rock, avant garde, indie rock, alternative music, "x-rayed Eden", midnight movie,
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