{"id":6167,"date":"2019-06-22T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2019-06-22T08:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T08:33:24","slug":"mono-in-stereo-cant-stop-the-bleeding-rum-bar-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6167","title":{"rendered":"Mono In Stereo &#8211; Can&#8217;t Stop The Bleeding (Rum Bar Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6168 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/a2914675091_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Man the opening track on this EP had me longing for some Role Models and Replacements because that&#8217;s exactly where Mono In Stereo are pitching this EP.<\/p>\n<p>Hell, it&#8217;s on Rum Bar Records so it was going to be a no brainer for me and from the first play I couldn&#8217;t not be into this.\u00a0 It&#8217;s ragged &#8211; honest &#8211; anthemic without being cheesy and wholesome without being sappy its got grit and dirt under its fingernails it&#8217;s wearing its Replacements patch on its chest next to its Mellencamp one as the keys swirl and the distorted guitar chords ring out over the steady beat this is a winner in every which way.\u00a0 The only fault I have is its not a full-length album and only half of one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Different Kind Of Man&#8217; is anthemic but not cheesy as the band sound loose enough to have enjoyed a few pre-recording beers to celebrate such am impressive few tunes.\u00a0 Damn, they know it, Rum Bar knows it and I know it and if you have any sense you&#8217;ll be getting hold of this. &#8216;Not Your Fault&#8217; has a great melody but its not any single part but the sum of all its parts that makes this record so listenable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fores&#8217; amps it up and lets in its inner punk rock with neat gang vocals and a fiery tempo part misfits part Gaslight Anthem if there such a thing. (there is now)\u00a0 To take this home the title track brings up the rear and just puts a big exclamation make on proceedings Records like this should come with a health warning &#8211; This Rock and Roll will put a serious strain on your smile and fist pumping the air can be dangerous.\u00a0 Open another beer and turn it up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monoinstereoband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RumBarRecords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rum Bar Records at Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Author: Dom Daley<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mWWG4Te6mAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man the opening track on this EP had me longing for some Role Models and Replacements because that&#8217;s exactly where Mono In Stereo are pitching this EP. Hell, it&#8217;s on Rum Bar Records so it was going to be a no brainer for me and from the first play I couldn&#8217;t not be into this.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2444,1980,223,183,2453],"class_list":["post-6167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-cant-stop-the-bleeding","tag-mono-in-stereo","tag-power-pop","tag-rum-bar-records","tag-the-conversation","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6167"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6290,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6167\/revisions\/6290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}