These four guys are known collectively as MONA, they are from Nashville, they are been dubbed rather wrongly as Princes Of Leon. They are not. If Gaslight Anthem and Scottish band MONA had a baby band, this would be them. They have yet to release their full-length album but already they've been featured in NME, have got and caught the ear of BBC's Later With Jools Holland programme and are slowly but surely receiving a buzz.
Four songs on YouTube so far, including the glorious one-two punch of Listen To Your Love and the foot-stomping Teenager. And they are also making their way to Toronto as part of Dave Bookman's New Music Night on Tuesday, April 19. Long may the buzz continue, for it is quite warranted. The first great thing to come from Nashville since country music was actually country music, not 3:32 radio friendly sh-t which took 9 co-writers to come up with.
You've been told, and they follow a line of The National, Hourly Radio (alright, they are no more, but still), Marah, Kathleen Edwards, Kirsten Jones and Glasvegas as acts you should keep an eye and ear out for.
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