Recorded at Empora by Mark Roberts, mastered at Hell Yeah.

We are Mechanical Monkey. 

A three-piece math-rock-post-hardcore band hailing from Brighton via Ashford. Formed in early 2014, we’re putting our spin on the manic stop-start dynamics of bands like Hero Of 100 Fights, And So I Watch You From Afar and Medications, with a focus on frenzied and memorable live shows. 

Check out our recently released 4-song EP (https://mechanicalmonkey.bandcamp.com/album/ep-10) or the live listings for upcoming gigs in Brighton and beyond.

Mechanical Monkey - Blazer

Recorded at Empora by Mark Roberts, mastered at Hell Yeah.

We are Mechanical Monkey.

A three-piece math-rock-post-hardcore band hailing from Brighton via Ashford. Formed in early 2014, we’re putting our spin on the manic stop-start dynamics of bands like Hero Of 100 Fights, And So I Watch You From Afar and Medications, with a focus on frenzied and memorable live shows.

Check out our recently released 4-song EP (mechanicalmonkey.bandcamp.com/album/ep-10) or the live listings for upcoming gigs in Brighton and beyond.


Mechanical Monkey - Capiche

Single Release (Personality Vacuum) = 20/05/16
Album Release = 24/06/16

We are Mechanical Monkey. 

A three-piece math-rock / post-hardcore band hailing from Brighton via Ashford. Formed in 2014, we’ve been putting our spin on the manic stop-start dynamics of bands like Hero Of 100 Fights, And So I Watch You From Afar and Medications, with a focus on frenzied and memorable live shows. 

Our 4-song EP was released in late 2014 and gained radio play from BBC Radio 1 and XFM. We’ve spent the past 2 years building a local fanbase in Brighton and Tunbridge Wells, sharing stages with the likes of Alpha Male Tea Party, The Octopus Project, Shield Your Eyes and Hey Colossus. 

‘Ambition Impossible’ is our debut album, largely recorded live and mixed by Mark Roberts (Black Peaks, Hot Moth). Across 12 songs and a couple of interludes, we expand on the sound of our EP, starting at a blistering pace with single ‘Personality Vacuum’ and working in our collective influences, with off-beat time signature changes and big riffs aplenty. Occasional light-hearted moments, such as ‘Nilbog’, influenced by the motion picture disaster ‘Troll 2’, balance out some of the more straight forward aggressive songs, like ‘Major Force’. A statement of intent, our debut goes some way to capturing the intensity of our live show with little in the way of frills, just frantic, fast paced instrumentation and a good slice of melody.

"This is great" - John Kennedy, XFM Xposure

"Ace" - Aaron Phillips, Amazing Radio Rock Show

"CAPICHE!" - Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1


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