Reviews
O Brave Yet Ignorant Swine
Not heard a release quite like this one and that is a very, very good thing … VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
— Bruce Brodeen, Not Lame Recordings, June 2008
“Nixon's Nose,” The Mold Monkies – A burst of energetic accessibility, The Mold Monkies not only write good songs, but the production on them, especially “Nixon's Nose,” is also just too perfect. Think new wave mixed with power pop and a little indie and you get this great tune.
— Ideat VIllage, July 2007
Dear power-pop fans: I have a new band to report to you about. Their name is The Mold Monkies. They have great groove and have the same mastery of pop hooks that Elvis Costello still boasts to this day. The band doesn’t care that they’re hilarious, it’s a natural thing for them and their hilarity comes across in not only their press kits but their lyrics as well. Be assured that if you like great pop-rock with a flair for inventiveness, than this is a band to keep on your radar.
— J-Sin, Smother Magazine online review, January 2006
The Mold Monkies’ sound consists of fun, upbeat, guitar riffs, bouncy bass lines and solid drums. The result is a blend of power pop, post-punk, and indie rock that lies somewhere between The Strokes and The Super Furry Animals, with a touch of early REM for good measure. They wander sentimentally from bubble gum punk rock without losing a step or jarring the listener from a toe-tapping good time.
— Patrick Rodgers, Northeast In-Tune magazine, October 2005
This duo has written, played, recorded, and engineered one of the most complete overviews of the English New Wave invasion of America during the ’80s. And they’ve done it in a modern upscale fashion, incorporating the ’90s alt-pop and ’00s indiepop sounds into a flowing manifest of what at one time would’ve been hit single after hit single … Blending the meat of post-punk crunch with catchy ear candy pop, The Mold Monkies cover more territory in the first 4 songs than most bands do in a career.
— Gary Vollono, IndepenDisc review, August 2005
This is very probably the most original CD I have listened to this year. It is superbly put together; there is not a single track that I dislike … Like the Cramps crossed with Julian Cope on acid. This is a must-have CD. ‘Nixon’s Nose’ alone is worth the asking price. Thanks for a great bit of music, keep it up! Stop reading, start buying.
— Eli Bowes, CD Baby review, July 2005
Thanks for the CD. I enjoyed it.
— Pop icon Bill Lloyd, correspondence, August 2005