Oviedo, Spain-based folk-rock quintet Stormy Mondays simultaneously released two EPs late in 2015, titled The Lay Of The Land and Wading The River, respectively, with a combined total of 13 tracks.
Melding elements of classic rock with modern folk and Americana, the five-piece have countless instruments featured across both releases, including traditional guitars and percussion as well as various organs, pianos, ukulele, hurdy-gurdy, horns, woodwinds and more. The layers and arrangements alone are impressive.
If it’s good enough for NASA, you can bet it’s good enough for us. Stormy Mondays’ work has literally been out of this world.
Of the double release, the band says, via their website:
“’Wading The River’ gets deep into the Stormy Mondays rock sound. There are electric guitars, horn sections, and also naked songs with barely an electric piano and a cello. If you listen closely, you can hear subtle influences of Pink Floyd, The Who, R.E.M., Neil Young or The Beatles.
‘The Lay Of The Land’ carries the subtitle ‘A Folk Rock Adventure.’ Its more acoustic sound introduces many instruments that we had never used on our records: hurdy-gurdy (an instrument from the 12th century that seems almost futuristic), violin, flute, clarinet, tenor guitar, and a bit assortment of stringed instruments.”
You can stream both releases in full below and purchase each through Stormy Mondays’ webstore, where you also find options to buy any of their several past releases as well.
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