Luxemburg-based Trip-Hop Trio Monophona Push and Pull with New Farewell Single + Video "Elastic (I do)"

The music from the Luxembourg-based trio Monophona is a blend of extreme - electronic and intimate, melodic and innovative. Today Monophona are releasing their final single and video titled Elastic (I do).

The first line of Elastic (I do) is: "I don't wanna talk about politics". But actually it is a political song, but you can also interpret it as an examination of a relationship, if you like.

Everything Is Noise has the premiere for the very last song and video from Monophona: https://everythingisnoise.net/premieres/monophona-push-and-pull-with-their-new-single-elastic-i-do/

Everything Is Noise notes: "There’s something bittersweet about “Elastic (I do)”, something deeper than the plaintive vocals and haunting visuals. At the heart of the song lies a feeling somewhere between longing, regret, and resolve – a confidence in feeling acceptance. It seems oddly fitting that this should be Monophona’s last single. The lines ‘does this mean you still think of me?’ and later ‘does this mean you remember me?’ almost sound like questions the band will ask their fans a few years down the line, “Elastic (I do)” a constant reminder of everything they created, achieved, and the lives they affected with their music."

Monophona comment: "On our last album Girls On Bikes, Boys Who Sing we mainly covered political issues, because it seemed right at the time – however, despite everything that is happening in the world, the protest song has not yet experienced a proper renaissance, perhaps this role has been taken up by so-called social networks? Maybe today Bob Dylan wouldn't have picked up a guitar, but simply started a YouTube channel or opened a Twitter account? Meanwhile, many musicians, such as Billie Eilish, withdraw into their bedrooms and focus more on the reverberations of their emotional world. They dreamily explore their own emotional state instead of climbing barricades or tearing down walls.

Our song is about being trapped and watching others live their lives freely, we think of cases such as political prisoners living in countries where expressing one’s opinion can be a matter of life or death, or victims of domestic violence that cannot seem to break free from the vicious circle they find themselves trapped in. Inadvertently, the title also addresses various problems that were brought on by the Corona pandemic: The fate of older people and sick people, for example, or people with disabilities that cannot not leave their homes while their fellow human beings are already impatiently streaming back into the DIY stores. To what extent are we prepared to make concessions and show consideration so that everyone in our society can lead a good life? Is that even possible or do the requirements of the free-market economy prevent us from being able to rethink our lifestyle?

The song is also about the objects that we leave behind after we disappear. While our predecessors passed on furniture, porcelain, photos or clothes to the next generation, the goods we buy today are discarded tomorrow. Ikea or H&M encourage us to constantly redecorate our interiors and renew our wardrobes in order to reinvent ourselves. What will be left of us? Maybe just a colourful, flickering flow of data and images that no longer makes it possible to see the big picture?"

Listen watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H8Z_yW32Xk&feature=youtu.be

On the end of the band, Monohona have to tell you this:

"With great regret we have to announce that our new single Elastic (I do) will also be our last. After almost 10 years, we have decided to wrap up Monophona and call it quits. We enjoyed the last decade of making music, of playing live, of traveling together and we wish to thank everyone we met along the way: the people who came to our gigs, the crews we could always rely on, bands we shared a stage and a touring van with, everyone who worked in the background to help us release our music. A special thank you goes out to our label Kapitän Platte, thank you for letting us be a part of your family. We really appreciated it.

When we started playing together in 2012 we were mostly single and childless. Throughout the years, families have grown, responsabilities have increased; all the while it has become ever more difficult to make a living playing music. The music industry has changed profoundly: we always loved taking our time to make albums and that was our way of communicating with the public. We were never very comfortable with the idea of social media and with having to create a constant flow of images and messages, when we would much rather just have written some songs. Somehow we feel like it is all moving a bit too fast and that we cannot keep up with the manner in which music is made and marketed today.