Trailer for the 2008 Next Wave Festival at BAM, featuring the song Jigsaw by Monster Eiffel Tower!
Monster Eiffel Tower's music is everything their name suggests - powerful, dense, and intricate - full of waves of distortion, vocal harmonies, and guitar and bass heroics. Combining the melody of late period Pixies with the dynamism of early Mars Volta, Monster Eiffel Tower manages to combine technical skill with hook-laden, melodic song-writing. The results include epic tracks mixed with singalong-worthy choruses, forming a most exciting departure from the recent dorm-room-laptop phenomenom currently smothering indie rock.
EARFARM.com on Monster Eiffel Tower @ Cake Shop, 4/22/08:
"...Ultimately it was Monster Eiffel Tower who dominated the night for me. Sure, it probably has a lot to do with how prog-y my listening habits have been lately, but this band caught the attention of everyone else at the show too. And I'm certain that most of those other people weren't nerding out on them solely because of their chops, copious effects pedals, or resemblance to a certain Canadian band whose name rhymes with "hush." Not that they're overly Rush-esque or anything, but the comparison crossed my mind a few times watching their set. I mean, tell me that there's not a heavy dose or two of "La Villa Strangiato" in their song "Monolith." Definitely a band to watch out for if you live in NYC."
brooklynskeptic.net on Monster Eiffel Tower's Under the Wake:
"Singer Andrew Kennedy’s voice can go from a whisper to a resonant, throaty yell to match the insanely quick rhythm changes from bassist Peter Squires and drummer Caleb Webster, who can instantly turn prog-metal into anthemic pop-punk without skipping a beat (pun intended). It’s difficult to tell which direction any song is going to go, and that’s a lot of the fun."
The Portland Mercury Your Radio Sucks Podcast (Episode 21):
"Monster Eiffel Tower's pretty bad-ass."
