The Mono Jacks
Bucharest, Bucureşti, Romania | SELF
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“The Mono Jacks are on everyone’s lips when they talk about the new ‘new wave‘ of Romanian music, and if you attend any of their performances, you can surely understand why. A group that hails from the fame of another history-making Romanian group, AB4 (both Doru Trascau – vox and guitar, and Dorian Cazacu – drums are involved in both acts), the Mono Jacks are resplendent, energetic, and, of late, you do not have to go to far to look for one of their performances: eagerly awaited by their public, and welcomed by venues, they are pretty much everywhere. In their relentless 1-hour opening, they chose a mighty set of their English songs, which included “Maria”, “Come Back, Girl”, “Push the Pedal” or “We’re All Getting Older”, getting the gradually increasing audience into an enthusiastic crowd, just the feel you need in order to enjoy the Suede concert.” - Octavian Logigan & Viviana Ball – darkwane.ro
“The Mono Jacks is definitely a band I intend to keep an eye on. If this foursome continues to develop their obvious talents, they have a future as the massive radio band they aspire to be.” - FR. Jones – FakePlasticTunes.com
“(…) and within a couple of songs they have played something that sounds like it could have escaped from one of the Interpol’s earlier albums, the better ones, with that combination of solid bass, rattling drums, sweeping guitars and energetic tension. (…) And if their own songs wear their influences boldly – which they undoubtedly do: not just the Chameleons via Interpol axis but early U2, or from more recent times the dramatic drum-driven mini-anthems of The Twilight Sad – then it doesn’t matter. I’ve seen most of the British bands ploughing this particular furrow, and The Mono Jacks have better songs than pretty much all of them. This is a band who could more than hold their own on a British festival stage or support tour, and with the right backing could be the first Romanian band to break out internationally”. - Cath Aubergine – LouderThanWar.com
Discography
'Now In Stereo' debut album, 13 November 2010
Available from: http://themonojacks.bandcamp.com/
'Woman' single, Oct 2011
'When I Was Gone' single, Mar 2011
"We're All Getting Older" single, Dec 2011
"Push the Pedal" single, Oct 2011
"Come Back Girl" single, Mai 2011
"Maria" single, Sep 2010
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Bio
Management:
Cristian Busuioc
info@one-group.net
Booking:
Cristian Busuioc
info@one-group.net
The Mono Jacks are four-piece hailing from Romania. Their visceral, indie-inflected wall of sound brings to mind Interpol, Editors and White Lies. Based in Bucharest, The Mono Jacks exploded onto the Romanian music scene two years ago with exciting and intense live performances, which defied expectations, grabbed the imagination of fans and critics alike, and made them one of the most acclaimed new Romanian acts.
The Mono Jacks line up consists of Doru Trascau (vocal/guitar), Florin Vasile (guitar/back-vocal), Alex Voicu (bass) and Dorian Cazacu (drums). They have recently completed the first recording sessions of the debut material they wrote and self-produced. Their first outing includes ‘Maria’, the first single, future-disco monolith ’Push The Pedal’ or ‘Come Back Girl’, a track that flirts with melancholy and despair.
Their seductive and incendiary post-rock rhythms carry traces of ‘90s alternative and the band's contagious live chemistry makes for some of the best gigs in Romania today. Not to mention that a few of the band’s songs topped local alternative charts.
This summer, The Mono Jacks took to the road for a series of festival appearances around Europe, including B’Estfest, Sziget and Exit, and they shared the stages with the likes of Suede, No Age or Abe Vigoda. You don’t want to miss them if they come through your neck of the woods.
As interest mounts among music lovers around the country and after sequestering themselves in the studio for several months in 2010, the digital edition of 'Now in Stereo', the band's debut album, is out on March 12, 2011, at http://themonojacks.bandcamp.com/
“(…) and within a couple of songs they have played something that sounds like it could have escaped from one of the Interpol’s earlier albums, the better ones, with that combination of solid bass, rattling drums, sweeping guitars and energetic tension. (…) And if their own songs wear their influences boldly – which they undoubtedly do: not just the Chameleons via Interpol axis but early U2, or from more recent times the dramatic drum-driven mini-anthems of The Twilight Sad – then it doesn’t matter. I’ve seen most of the British bands ploughing this particular furrow, and The Mono Jacks have better songs than pretty much all of them. This is a band who could more than hold their own on a British festival stage or support tour, and with the right backing could be the first Romanian band to break out internationally”. Cath Aubergine – LouderThanWar.com
“The Mono Jacks is definitely a band I intend to keep an eye on. If this foursome continues to develop their obvious talents, they have a future as the massive radio band they aspire to be.” FR. Jones – FakePlasticTunes.com
“The Mono Jacks are on everyone’s lips when they talk about the new ‘new wave‘ of Romanian music, and if you attend any of their performances, you can surely understand why. A group that hails from the fame of another history-making Romanian group, AB4 (both Doru Trascau – vox and guitar, and Dorian Cazacu – drums are involved in both acts), the Mono Jacks are resplendent, energetic, and, of late, you do not have to go to far to look for one of their performances: eagerly awaited by their public, and welcomed by venues, they are pretty much everywhere. In their relentless 1-hour opening, they chose a mighty set of their English songs, which included “Maria”, “Come Back, Girl”, “Push the Pedal” or “We’re All Getting Older”, getting the gradually increasing audience into an enthusiastic crowd, just the feel you need in order to enjoy the Suede concert.” Octavian Logigan – darkwane.ro
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