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Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time, a sprawling, beautiful, brain-belch of an album, is an hour-long testament to this. It works brilliantly as lo-fi movements in music segue into fuller,...
Mar 18, 2013 · Oh My Lord provides his means of escape. “There’s a passage through the black, is that sunlight through the crack?” he asks on one of the album’s most accessible pop tracks, recalling the...
Mar 20, 2013 · If Mason’s last album Boys Outside was a window on his struggles with mental ill-health, Monkey Minds… moves from micro to macro as he harnesses his strong sense of social justice, while continuing to hone the crisp electronics that so perfectly soundtrack his ghostly, exhortatory vocals.
Apr 30, 2013 · The former Beta Band man’s third solo effort, Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time, not only addresses key societal issues but also confronts them, challenging the dominant political ideologies that, he believes, left us in such a mess in the first place. In other words, he’s actually got something to say.
Mar 8, 2013 · It is flawed – a few too many diversions and distractions, and one or two experiments that don’t really work – but the best thing about Monkey Mind In The Devil’s Mind is the simple way it frequently reminds you how good a songwriter Mason is. And don’t even get us started on that burr.
Mar 15, 2013 · Ed Potton. Friday March 15 2013, 12.02am, The Times. The title of Steve Mason’s second solo album alludes to our brains overdosing on information and the sins of capitalism. A trifle worthy, you may think.
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