New York risers Monobloc have shared their new single ‘Take Me’.
It’s been a fantastic year for the band, who have played the biggest headline shows of their lives. The five-piece were picked to support Interpol on their ‘Antics’ anniversary run, with a plethora of singles lighting their path.
Out now, ‘Take Me’ closes their breakout year, the spiky post-punk delivered with a sense of yearning romanticism. Merging their monochrome sound with shades of vintage pop – those street-wise Spector singles, for example – it comes close to pushing Monobloc into a fresh lane.
The band comment…
Musically, ‘Take Me’ was written around the time we were exploring the whole Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound method—massive sounding songs that aren’t just drenched in reverb but more so well placed illusion. We wanted a song for a room we’re not yet big enough to play. A goal post. Lyrically, I wanted a confession from someone knowingly drinking the Kool-Aid: “Take me where you want me. I want to be your fool.” The song transitions from desperate shouts into the void to a laid-back, tongue-in-cheek croon.
‘Take Me’ is our boot-up sequence. It’s the sound of a band finding its footing and setting off on its journey. This is the song we always imagined would be listeners’ first introduction to the project, though reality chose a different path. However for a handful of listeners it will be.
Out now, ‘Take Me’ comes complete with a video that brings together exhilarating live footage taken from their 12 months on the road.
Photo Credit: Julia Tarantino
