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  Picture Credit: Monrad   Monrad - Wired Release Date: May 12, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 38:48 Genre:  Post Punk  /  Alternative Rock Origin:  Kortrijk ,  Belgium In order to prevent any confusion or misunderstanding, this article is a review of Monrad's debut album "Wired", the follow-up release to their selftitled EP . The title track of the new album was featured in  the MangoNews on June 04. Click here to read that article . Despite not being a proper concept album, Monrad's "Wired" follows a certain theme. On eleven songs, sole band member Matthew Ramon  deals with the ongoing chaotic madness we call life. Hence, "Wired" is filled with situations, emotions, quarrels, or incidents that are as common as the sun rising in the East. And yet, they are somewhat bizarre and gloomy - because life is sometimes bizarre and gloomy. Monrad's reflections on everyday life and its emotional parts are presented via atmospheric sl...

Picture Credit: Monrad   Monrad - Wired Release Date: April 15, 2021 Length: 02:59 Genre: Post Punk / Alternative Rock Origin: Kortrijk , Belgium Life can be tough some times. And it does not have to be a blow of fate or an unpredicted event that can lead to exhaustion. Daily routine can lead to numbness, too, and everything that follows is just dullness and fatigue. Fortunately, there is music that has the power to pick you up, and get your body and mind moving. In today's session of sonic therapy, I present you to "Wired" by Monrad. The track from the eponymous album is a dynamic piece of Alternative Rock, Post-Punk and some Indie. A sonorous and deep voice soothingly motivates us to keep on moving while the dark but energetic music creates the rhythm to move to. The chorus of this stunningly motivating song is supported by choirs which make the tune even catchier. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. This...