About Monsonia
Monsonia is a rock band from Raleigh and Carrboro, North Carolina. Carter Browning plays guitar and sings. Nick Petersen plays bass guitar and engineered our recordings. Andy Willard plays drums and administrates the blog and websites.
From Holidays for Quince Records:
On the masterful 33.3, Monsonia’s first record fully written as a trio and their debut for Holidays for Quince, they are a tight, dynamic and challenging combo. Drummer Andy Willard (Ben Davis and the Jetts, The Strugglers) and guitarist Carter Browning (Blood Diplomacy) formed Monsonia in 2002 after the dissolution of Cold Sides, a Chapel Hill institution that featured a rotating cast of art-rocking whiz-kids. Willard and Browning patiently pieced together a new sound that’s equal parts Touch and Go-style noise rock and dynamic, jazz-inflected avant-metal. After playing a handful of shows, the band brought local audio engineer Nick Petersen (Track and Field Studios, Horseback) on board to play bass, filling out their sound with a formidable low-end rumble. Monsonia’s rhythms slither and shift like a snake-pit, coiling with serpentine menace, carefully positioning Browning’s wiry, barbed guitar lines within striking distance. Handle with care.
hey what’s up guys? it’s cliff from Bad Dream, we played with you guys awhile ago with true widow.. anyhow, we’re going on tour again in october and were wondering if maybe you guys would wanna set up a raleigh show? the date would be 10/28 or 10/29. just heard black skies, that band is sick too! we’d love to play with them. and/or caltrop, there’s some rad bands kicking around there! let us know, hit us up at baddreamsound@gmail.com
hope to hear from you soon!
cliff/bad dream
September 1, 2011 at 8:00 pm