Artist: Ume Title: Monuments Label: Dangerbird Records Catnr: DGB109 Genre: Indie Encoder: LAME 3.100 V0 VBR Quality: 269 Kbps Avg / 44100 Hz Time: 40:04 Size: 81.24 MB Rip Date: 2022-01-01 Str Date: 2014-03-04 URL: http://umemusic.bandcamp.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Tracklist: 1. Black Stone 2:52 2. Embrace 3:04 3. Too Big World 3:57 4. Chase It Down 3:37 5. Until The End 3:40 6. Barophobia 3:10 7. Revival 2:53 8. Gleam 3:25 9. Oh Fate 3:29 10. Barricade 3:46 11. Within My Bones 2:13 12. Reason 3:58 ---------------------------------------------------------- Note: Hailing from Austin, Texas, Ume is Lauren Larson (Vocals, Guitar), Eric Larson (Bass), and Rachel Fuhrer (Drums). The trio's music is one of beautiful juxtapositions: the loud and soft, the aggressive and eerie, buoyant melodies bursting through wall-of-noise dissonance. Ume explores the artier, heavier side of indie rock, post-punk, and alternative rock and have already garnered the attention of Nylon, who declared, "This band is ready to break out in a whole new wayí¡ A little like fuzzy shoegaze, raw garage rock and irresistible pop all rolled into one fiery package," while Village Voice proclaimed "Ume immediately won me over with their raucus bursts of guitar-driven art rock, with front woman Lauren Larson threatening to take the whole thing off the rails with the abuse of her guitar strings. Still, underneath this Ume possesses an air of intelligence and depth rare in a genre known primarily for its copious drug use. When it comes to art, psychedelia, and rock and roll, it doesn't get much better." Rolling Stone said "Distortion-heavy jams (and the whole marriage thing) invite comparisons to Sonic Youth, but Ume do more headbanging and wailing."