Monde UFO Share Visions of Fatima

Mondays are all about easing into the mindset that you’re likely working your way through the rest of the week, good or bad. So, it’s nice to have a clean mental slate, which is where Monde UFO enters the show. The LA based band are exploring the intersection between DIY bedroom pop and the exploratory realms of jazz and bossa nova; it makes for a listen that ultimately feels both familiar and far far out of the norm. The opening moments trickle in carefully, almost like a meditative stance that’s just there to set the tone, building blocks that will be the foundation of the track. Vocals come in just after the 1 minute mark, a bit sedate and studied. There’s a bubbling up of pop structures just at the 2 minute mark, lifting the song’s spirit to your ears. My favorite moment comes at 3:36; the song opens up into this dreamy pop realm that immediately warms your ears, and just works in briefly before skittering off into the noisier compositional world. Their album Vandalized Statue to be Replaced with Shrine is out on April 21st.