The Monolith 'Meet You At The Monolith' album

The Monolith makes bouncy power-pop that would fittingly find comfort if transported back into the 70's and given a loving home on AM radio. And while many other acts try desperately to get their words in edgewise in this clustered revivalist scene, the Monolith have acclaim from Spin, All Music, and Splendid to back-up their retro-glee. Meet You At The Monolith, the follow-up to their prior full-length Here Comes The Monolith, is a blend of lazy-Sunday twang-pop and breakneck bouncy burners of pure melodic glory. This San Francisco band makes its indie-pop feel enriched and fleshed, and the hints of Cheap Trick, the Rentals, and Concrete Blonde are apt pillars of a well-thought journey through college rock's past. Meet You At The Monolith is great news for the salivating pop fiend in us all. All tracks clean.

Biography
The San Francisco pop band best known for their indelible melodies, soaring arrangements, and insatiable sweet tooth for boy-girl harmonies, have released their much-anticipated second album, Meet You At The Monolith. It's another treasure of time-capsule rock, brimming with songs that you'll feel like everyone should know, and that you were the only one lucky enough to find.

"Drawing on the Beatles, the Rentals, and Blondie, San Francisco's the Monolith are more than just some easily digested underground pop group." - All Music Guide

The Monolith are Bill Rousseau, Dahlia Gallin Ramirez, Alex Decarville, Daniel Rogge, and Nils Erickson.

"If this band isn’t ready for you to love them, then I don’t know who is. Pop hooks and melodies come at you with such a frenzy that it’s almost too much to handle." - Chart Attack

"The Monolith created one of the catchiest indie-pop records to come out of San Francisco in 2004... It's no surprise that everybody loves them." - SF Weekly

"Catchy, sad, and relentless, these nine tunes announce the Monolith as one of this city's most exciting new bands." - SF Weekly

"The boy-girl vocals, chiming chorus harmonies and unabashed melodicism that permeate the album may be oft-overplayed genre tropes, but this band wields them with a remarkable authority and judiciousness. " - Swarthmore College

"Stumbling across the Monolith is like discovering a hidden track on a well-loved '60s comp, then falling for the bleeding, beating, rock and roll heart beneath their disarming pop skin. " - San Francisco Bay Guardian

About Here Comes The Monolith (2004): The Monolith successfully harken the sounds of Cheap Trick, Beatles, E.L.O., Big Star and more recently, The New Pornographers. The latter probably most noticably distinguished by the silky vocal harmonies present in every song. Superbly crafted pop arrangements with heartsnagging hooks, bridges & choruses filled with horn sections and strings are merely the icing on the cake. The cherry on the top is the gorgeous production that is so often sadly lacking from debut releases." - Aquarius Records

"Trumpets and strings, produced in an eclectic yet accessible way." - Barsuk Records

"The Monolith alternate between the happy and the strangely melancholic to create a mood that is far from saccharine. " - Oregon Daily Emerald

"This is as about accomplished as records come and borders on being essential." - The Black and White

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The Monolith - Meet You At The Monolith