Thumpermonkey

Try saying that with a mouthful of Multi-Cheerios. Here's the first episode where Mike, Sam, Rael and Ben met up with Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi (Cardiacs / GONG / Knifeworld / Guapo). This was recorded just as Thumpermonkey were releasing 2012's 'Sleep Furiously' on Kavus' 'Believers' Roast'

We chat to Heavy Blog is Heavy about influences, musics, musical influences, things that have influenced us musically, and poo. "The band, active since 2011, traffic in the kind of vocal-centric, off-kilter, and melancholy progressive rock of which we’re talking about, complete with the modern aest

Sam and Michael sat down with Lee Davidson last week and took over all 2 hours of the Progmetalmadness show in order that they could dust off all the wonky metal tracks they love. It's the wonkiest of shows. Luckily the full anecdote about having a tiny Anthony Kiedis trapped in one's right eard

S’il ne me restait qu’un jour à vivre, je choisirais d’écouter le vinyle Make Me Young Etc pour le faire tourner encore et encore sur ma platine, jusqu’au dernier moment, pour savourer jusqu’à la fin la musique de Thumpermonkey. Read the full review here:

Feeling the love from Italy in this review by Altprogcore... Aggiungendo il fatto che Make Me Young, etc. è in realtà un concept album su un'imminente apocalisse sarebbe stato legittimo aspettarsi qualcosa di più aggressivo, invece i Thumpermonkey ci stupiscono con un'opera complessa, ma estremame

"This ain’t Sleep Furiously, but it succeeds because of that. With the limited time you have left on earth, Make Me Young, etc is worth devoting your attention to." Read the full review here: http://everythingisnoise.net/reviews/thumpermonkey-make-me-young-etc/

Today's Haiku: Martyrs come and go, Tezcatlipoca remains; steal the face of God.

You have 23 days until the asteroid hits. This may be your last gig until the matrix is re-jacked. If you don't live in London - then you'll have to source it off hive consciousness in the next realm. If you pre ordered you can pick up your stuff from me at the show. If you didn't - you can't. But

Today's haiku: From the purple cloud, Widmanstätten striations visible from Earth.

Here are some ' facts '. - The new album contains a song called ' Cranefly '. - Michael once spent 36 hours awake in an attempt to offset the experience of jet-lag. This was on his return from New York after getting married. He tried to stay awake by writing riffs. When he woke up, the verses f

It will take literally two seconds In the catagories of "Best Album 2018" https://www.loudersound.com/features/vote-now-in-the-2019-progressive-music-awards/8 And also "Best UK Act" https://www.loudersound.com/features/vote-now-in-the-2019-progressive-music-awards/9

Today's Haiku: Terror when you catch the scent suffusing the underground. Olfactory Shock.

"The culmination of a blazing career,"Make Me Young, etc." is a little gem of protean rock art that is particularly generous in energy and emotion." Read the full review here (French original): Read in English - (google translate)

More lovely words about MMYE, this time from The Progressive Aspect . This is a magnificent release, a grower which takes their previous work as a foundation, expanding it in all directions with mesmerising results. Thumpermonkey continue to prove themselves to be one of the most fascinating bands

Woody breaks down all the apocalyptic nonsense taking place on the latest album, 'Make Me Young, etc for Progradar ' "If any humans do escape earth and colonise Mars to start afresh, there’s always the fear that they’ll bring all their awful conceptual baggage with them and make a mess of Earth Mk2

James R Turner chats to Thumpermonkey about the 'Electricity' EP, vinyl, and Aztecs. Full text here: https://www.progradar.org/index.php/2018/01/09/interview-with-thumpermonkey-by-james-r-turner/

Today's haiku: Templates are found in The Florentine Codices. Orange bed-form spire.

- The asteroid is coming. Take this useless sadness and throw it away . - You can read the lyrics here before you get a chance to listen to the whole song, which is an unusual way to experience it.

Here are some ' facts '. - The new album contains a song called 'Figstorm' that Rael wrote the music for about 18 years ago. - You can read the lyrics here before you get a chance to listen to the whole song, which is an unusual way to experience it. - The end makes direct reference to a mo

Friday, 31st May - Tickets £8 adv / £10 OTD. Tickets available from WEGOTTICKETS and DICE Listen to all three acts via this handy Spotify Playlist THUMPERMONKEY https://thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/ “There’s modern classical, metal, jazz, and post-rock in the complicated theatre of this Scot