Title

The Monochrome Set – Trinity Road

 

Track Listing

1. Flamen Dialis

2. All Over

3. I Love Lambeth

4. Kissy Kissy

5. The Mousetrap

6. Snake-Fingers

7. Hula Honey

8. Albert Bridge

9. Two Fists

10. The Wurst Is Yet to Come

11. The Golden Apples of the Sun

12. Hobb's End

13. Bar Madiera

14. Bliss

15. The April Dancer Affair

 

Details

Number of CDs: 1

Recording Type: Studio

Recording Mode: Stereo

 

Album Notes

1995's TRINITY ROAD is the Monochrome Set's ninth album overall, and their last before the second extended hiatus of their career. In many ways a summation of the second incarnation of the band, TRINITY ROAD is musically quite smooth and melodic, well produced and cannily arranged. This serves to highlight singer-guitarist Bid's odd, sometimes surreal, occasionally gently mocking lyrics. The overall effect is not unlike a Britpop Steely Dan. "Flamen Dialis" starts the record off with a veiled exploration of Bid's usual sexual obsessions, while "I Love Lambeth" sardonically celebrates the band's South London home. Elsewhere, intentionally bad puns ("The Wurst Is Yet to Come") and obscure pop-cultural references (the synth-heavy "The Golden Apples of the Sun" relates to Morton Subotnick's pioneering electronic piece "The Silver Apples of the Moon") abound. A smart, funny pop record.

 

Condition

BRAND NEW & UNPLAYED BUT NOT SEALED.