monomyth-cmj

Canadian band Monomyth released debut LP & video (stream), playing three free CMJ shows

Monomyth

Halifax, NS quartet Monomyth releaed their debut album, Saturnalia Regalia!, over the summer via Canadian label, Mint. I caught them while at Pop Montreal a couple weeks ago and was impressed:

Hailing from Halifax, NS and having all four members write and sing, I couldn’t help but compare them a bit to Sloan. But Monomyth sound nothing like them though. Like Sloan, the styles of the songs vary wildly depending on who’s singing (one of them clearly went through a jam band phase). But the songs are uniformly terrific, ranging from powerpop to warbly indiepop.

You can stream the album in full below. Monomyth will be heading to NYC for CMJ and as of this post have three shows on their schedule, all of which are free:

October 21 @ Pete’s Candy Store (7:50 PM) | Riot Act Happy Hour Party

October 24 @ Cake Shop (1 PM) | Break Thru Radio Party

October 24 @ Pianos (4:50 PM) | Planetary Party

Those are Monomyth’s only dates upcoming at the moment. Full line-ups and flyers for those parties are below. Also worth checking out Monomyth’s video for LP track “Patsy” which, directed by Seth Smith, depicts a very weird wedding. It’s creepy and funny and be sure to watch till the end (twist!). Note: the guy playing the father is Halifax scene legend Matthew Grimson. Watch it below.

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TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 @ PETE’S CANDY STORE
Riot Act Happy Hour Party

5:10 Conveyor (NYC, NY/Gold Robot)
5:50 Benjamin Verdoes (Seattle, WA/Brick Lane Records)
6:30 Meleana Cadiz (Brooklyn, NY/Wild Kindness)
7:10 Hundreds (Hamburg, Germany/Sky Council)
7:50 Monomyth (Halifax, Nova Scotia/Mint Records)

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 24th @ CAKE SHOP: [DAY SHOW]
BREATHRU RADIO PRESENTS:

12pm: DINOSAUR FEATHERS (Brooklyn / Ernest Jenning)
1pm: MONOMYTH (Halifax / Mint)
2pm DOTT (Ireland / Graveface)
3pm FLOWERS (London / Kanine)
4pm WHITE REAPER (Lousiville, KY / Polyvinyl)
5pm LITERATURE (Philadelphia / Slumberland)
6pm POPSTRANGERS (London / Carpark)
FREE, 21+

CMJ

Planetary, Dutch Impact & Eurosonic Noorderslag party
October 24 @ PIANOS

~DOWNSTAIRS~
DUNE RATS5:30pm
MONOMYTH4:50pm
GO BACK TO THE ZOO4:10pm
LIAM BAILEY3:30pm
DELTA RIGGS2:50pm
BAD//DREEMS2:10pm
NOTHING BUT THIEVES1:30pm
FUTURE LOVES PAST12:50pm

~UPSTAIRS~
TAYMIR5:10pm
LAY LOW4:30pm
GOSSLING3:50pm
LYDIA AINSWORTH3:10pm
GO WOLF2:30pm
HUNDREDS1:50pm
EDEN MULHOLLAND1:10pm
MONOKINO12:30pm