a BEAUTIFULLY WOVEN DEBUT OF GARAGE, TECHNO AND CHOPPED VOCALS BRINGS AN ELECTRONIC SERETONIN LIKE NO OTHER TO THE DANCE FLOOR.
The duo act of Overmono have been contenders within the underground dance circuits for many years – it’s certainly not been an overnight glory. No – since their inception, Overmono have been cultivating a name for themselves as one of those contemporary live acts since their club EPs first dropped post-2019. Of course, like many before them, the Russell Brothers didn’t step into the light of a “DJ” ethos, until they had their starter-pack certified through a series of producing work for others. They soon felt it was needed to depart into circles of their own. Flexing on an industrial sound for what the floors craved at the time. And they were right. A tempered flow of hazy jungle and poignant melodicism that is sweet to the touch.
From Le Tigre to the ever-present Everything You Need, has brought about the foundation for their breakthrough So U Know. Since the dance-floors reopened after the pandemic, the song found its way as a bonafide phenomenon and a guaranteed play on any fanatics’ playlist. A foray of lucid sounds superseded with an ambient flow of a metropolis sunset, it set the precedent to their debut album. An album anticipated by many through the circles of underground floors, dance cravers and festival sceneries.
Of course, Good Lies doesn’t veer off into other outlier sub-genres. Nor does it want to. Instead, it stays true to itself, sticking to the roots of So U Know, perfected over time. It threads a thin line of incorporating acid-bass fluxes like we hear on blissful Sugarushhh to one-two beats we hear on sedative Walk Thru Water and R&B-inflected Cold Blooded, all the while keeping the most obvious influence of garage at the forefront, as a plethora of catchy vocal samples sweep throughout the albums’ tonalities. Is U is a corrosive blend of all; met with an hypnotic techno chorus, fed in time with the oscillating pulses met throughout. The self-titled – the third song on the record – is an annoyingly catchy spell of a funky drum samples met with euphoric synth rises and warped vocals while Calling Out offers a more dramatic stance as we’re met with those trance-stabs.
Of course, this is not your usual run-of-the-mill dance raves you’re entirely. If anything, it’s more true to itself, honest in style and to be honest.. fresh. It’s neither a sub-woofa overload of the senses, nor is it an album littered with itty fillers. The approach is pragmatic from the two brothers, weeding out incoherence to metallic magic. And so it goes, the brothers join a roster of other electronic maestros like Bonobo and Ross From Friends who supply our cognitives with that much-needed brain food.
The release of this debut couldn’t have come at a better time for this duo. Met with an influx of Summer dates – no doubt littered throughout those dance tents at festivals throughout Europe – all eyes will be on them to see if they can deliver. With Good Lies fuelling the operation, you can be sure that they’ll live up to that promise…
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