Release Date 2010-04-02 Label NTROP Recordings Catalog # NTROP006CD Monkshood is the Joalzs second album, recorded from 2007 till 2010 in Berlin, Athens and New York. The Lp begins with Early where the Joalz co-work with Julia Kent,the Anthony and the Johnsons chelist. Sweeping Range which is the first single, manages to reach an interesting breakthrough in indietonica and noise which results in a remarkable approach to Krautrocks rebirth; the vocals are by the Canadian performer Mz Sunday Luv. When Case Study, Out of my Steam and Blind Date were initially recorded to musically support George Drivas cinematic trilogy 'Social Software , they got distinction in international cinema festivals. These tracks were later re-recorded for making Monkshood. Based on a guitar rhythm ¾ and the abstract participation of a Simmons drum machine, Bella Fu sets the borders in the outgoing tendencies of the album. In Cock , the Joalz meet Mary and the Boy and by keeping Mary Tsonis voice they reconstruct the original track characterized by their random? repetition and their claustrophobic guitaristic reefs. The album concludes with Mesk , a 9- minute ambient song which wasrecorded during the groups appearance in DL festival in Berlin User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.