What have I done with my life? What am I still not doing with it? And why are strange people watching? In their second album Monster in me Gahzed present a bunch of nine protest songs against resignation. The art of pop music: finding new images to make the important feelings come alive again (otherwise one love song in the world would be enough). And this is exactly what gahzed make happen in this album.

Having left their purely electronic past of Monomatikbehind, the follow-up project Gahzed developed their music to a more indietronic-ish sound with their first release We’ll turn into gold. Now they have finally broken all chains of concerns about subcultural wherebouts and present their second album Monster in me.

Electronic beats have been replaced by a real drum set, number and amount of guitars have expanded significantly, but nonetheless this album is not at all so-called indie. It perfectly combines this band-like approach with particles of electronic music. Juicy Hip-Hop beats as in Too good to be true, noisy soundscapes as in At the clouds, psychadelic delay patterns as in Hello incect – it’s all there! And it all joins together to an album filled with nine great songs of melancholy and anger – both at the same time.

Monster in me makes a superb independent album in the sense of „Remember when indie was actually independent?“ So, take a shot for your life – there are four lights!

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Written by Justin Buckley.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Alan Emptage at One Louder Studios, London, UK. Sleeve design by Steve Watson.

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