Name: Monitor
Brand: Monitor

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-03-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

857176003164

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Monitor

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Superior Viaduct

Superior Viaduct is an archival label based out of San Francisco. With a focus on reissuing rare and overlooked gems from the past, they bring lost classics back to life for music lovers around the world.
Since their founding, Superior Viaduct has become known for their meticulous attention to detail in every release. From sourcing the best available master tapes to creating high-quality vinyl pressings, they ensure that each album sounds as good as it did when it was first recorded.
With a diverse catalog spanning genres such as punk, post-punk, experimental, jazz, and more, Superior Viaduct offers something for every music enthusiast. Whether you're a seasoned collector or just starting your vinyl journey, you can trust Superior Viaduct to deliver exceptional releases that will enhance your listening experience.

An errant project of suburban Los Angeles art collective World Imitation Productions, Monitor was the sonic outlet of four young artists grappling with their terror and amazement in the convergence of the late 1970s punk scene and Southern California's consumerist decadence. As with the collective's visual artwork and events, Monitor blends archaic influences with modern technology into one of the era's most curious albums. Eerie synthesizer, menacing guitar leads and morose vocal chants make "In Terrae Interium" an evocative ballad of paranoia. "I Saw Dead Jim's Shade" showcases Monitor's idiosyncratic vocal interplay in a sinister tale of a stolen hand. When "Hair" required a tempo beyond Monitor's instrumental chops, the band appropriated The Meat Puppets to record the track for them. Acquainted at first through mail art, World Imitation found a kindred spirit in DEVO associate Ed Barger, who meticulously recorded this LP in 1980, burying the presence of shrieking cats, closing doors and tape loops deep in the mix. Monitor associated with the original Hollywood punk scene but often met with ambivalence for their incongruity in the face of the movement's increasingly codified appearance and sound. Loosely aligned with like-minded pioneers such as Nervous Gender, Human Hands, BPeople and NON, who together constituted the sub-scene known as the Associated Skull Bands, Monitor operated in its own space within a progressive, diverse musical milieu. Few groups so deftly encapsulate the existential dread and delight particular to Southern California's antiquated culture of artifice.

Music GB