WARP - SQUID "O MONOLITH" NEW LP 27/8/2023

O Monolith began its gestation only two weeks after the release of their debut Bright Green Field on the band’s Fieldworks tour. Ollie Judge says of this time: "Without that tour we wouldn’t have any of these tracks. In some form or another we played about 80% of O MONOLITH on tour. The songs continued to come together in rehearsal rooms around Bristol, where the band were based at the time, eventually moving to Real World Studios in Wiltshire. This change in environment further pushed the development of the band’s sound from claustrophobic post-punk to something more free-flowing and spacious. Production on the album comes from long-time collaborator Dan Carey and is complemented by mixing from John McEntire of Tortoise.

Like its predecessor O Monolith is dense and tricksy – but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. The record captures modern anxieties and foreboding futures and warps them through a distinctly English lens.

SquidO MonolithWARP3531. Swing (In A Dream)2. Devil's Den3. Siphon Song4. Undergrowth5. The Blades6. After The Flash7. Green Light8. If You Had Seen The Bull's Swimming Attempts You Would Have Stayed Away