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MONZANO

you could have been someone (but so could anyone)

About Me

Monzano is an indierock quartet based in Oslo, Norway. Their three years together has seen them playing most of Oslo’s smaller venues, releasing an EP in 2005 and in the subsequent two years gaining recognition for their hooky, spacious and charismatic pop.
Monzano is blending guitar-craftsmanship reminiscent of Built to Spill with swirling synthlines and driving rhythms, yet never loosing touch with classic songwriting skills. Their lyrical universe, with its poetic flakiness that swerves between sarcastic cynicism and hearts sewn firmly to their plaid shirt sleeves, is also frequently mentioned as one of their strongholds. Monzano
released their first full length, High Horses & One Trick Ponies,in 2007, on How is Annie Records.
The album is now due for Japan-release on Friend of Mine Records and another EP will follow in April.

Some reviews of High Horses and One Trick Ponies

"Eardrumsmusic.com (5 1/2 / 6)": http://eardrumsmusic.com/2007/09/10/monzano-high-horses-and- one-trick-ponies-album-review/

"Trønder-avisa (5 / 6)": http://www.t-a.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071009/KULTUR 07/710090009

"Furoreiharare.com (no grade / in norwegian)": http://www.furoreiharare.com/page1/page239/page239.html

"Exact Magazine"
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/monzano/untitled.jpg

Shopping:


How is Annie Records shop!

Label: How is Annie Records (NO) http://www.howisannierecords.com/ Friend of Mine Records (JP) http://www.friendofminerecords.com/ Booking:
Paper Moon
http://www.papermoon.no/
[email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: monzano.com
Band Members: Eirik Kristensen, Magnus Auk, Sjur Lyseid, Eivind Bøe
Influences: Snow, little fury things, asphalt, concrete, stupidity, intelligence, good books, bad movies, bathroom floors, hung-overs, heartbreak, postcards, epithaphs, conversations about language, silence, boredom, chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, rain, calendars, self-doubt, infomercials, good bands, incredibly bad commercial girl rock artists, bands namedropping other bands, roadtrips, damn Oslo, beautiful Oslo, pretty girls (some bigger than others), analogue synthesizers, jazzmasters, impatience, airports, virtually all public transportation, big machines, small machines, tourists, bikes, the color of the back of cd's, money (sometimes the lack of it), stupid winter sports, our beautiful friends, our not-so-beautiful friends, the smell of fresh bed sheets, hammers (probably), parenthesises (apparently), green notebooks, good intentions, songs about food and buildings, the king of america, things that you think others find interesting that they actually don't, exclamation marks (hate them!), dots (love them...).
Record Label: How is Annie Records / Friend of Mine Records (jp)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New singel - Pine Trees

Holy forrest! It..s easter, but what the heck. Pine Trees is now out on Myspace. This is the first singel from the forthcoming EP which will be released 14. April in Norway. Monzano...
Posted by MONZANO on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:30:00 PST

Japan

Monzano signs with Friend of Mine Records (jp)! They will release Monzanos debut album with three bonus tracks this spring. And it`s great!! The Monzano camp is celebrating way too much. The...
Posted by MONZANO on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:51:00 PST

Christmas brake and bonus tracks

After one hell of a year, Monzano takes a "vacation in the stratosphere, where its really hard to hold your breath", just to be back in January to record three new songs (bonus tracks) for the forthco...
Posted by MONZANO on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:40:00 PST

Another review

 
Posted by MONZANO on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:20:00 PST

Where to buy

Where to buy the new album: Norge: Platekompaniet.no eller i butikken.   http://www.platekompaniet.no/cdproduct.asp?id=HIA013 The World and Norway:   HowisAnnieRecords.c...
Posted by MONZANO on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:22:00 PST

Reviews! Reviews!

We've gotten our first reviews of the record, ranging from ecstatic to honorable and nice. For now we're very happy about that. "Eardrumsmusic.com (5 1/2 / 6)":      &nb...
Posted by MONZANO on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:31:00 PST

Horses n& Ponies: Release postponed

Yes, the album was suppose to be out on the shelves today, but sadly the printing company is somewhat incompetent and haven't been able to supply the cd's as promised. We're crossing all our fingers a...
Posted by MONZANO on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:26:00 PST

radio killed the internet star

We are mediocerly (is that a word?) proud to announce that we have been playlisted by NRK P3, as of tomorrow. The song is our longtime internet hit song Poster Boy, or Pöster Böy as it is known a...
Posted by MONZANO on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:31:00 PST

Songs from Horses and Ponies!!

Our first full-length is currently being printed, but here are three songs for you to enjoy while you so anxiously wait for September 10th (which as you probably know, is when the album is released). ...
Posted by MONZANO on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:19:00 PST

High Horses & One Trick Ponies: Cover art and track listing

Track Listing: 1:   New Astronomy 2:   Swedish Geography (Nightmare 1) 3:   Wires on Fire 4:   Poster Boy 5:   So 6:   Twenty-nine 7: ...
Posted by MONZANO on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:08:00 PST