Mona – Jericho
They really stormed The Academy in Dublin for The Trinity College Halloween Ball and so I felt that Mona deserved some more recognition. Jericho is a song written by the alt/rock band from Nashville and inspired by the ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr in his new collaboration project entitled ‘Ray-Ban Raw Sounds’. Marr presents four up-and-coming bands which also include Best Coast, Tom Vek and Au Revoir Simone with different ideas and objects to inspire them to write a song.
Mona are a seriously cool band and after seeing them live 3 times now, I've developed a slight obsession with them all (particularly guitarist Jordan...achhh). Their self-titled debut album was released in May 2011 but I'm still reeling over it, particularly songs like Shooting the Moon, Lean Into The Fall and of course Listen to Your Love which was featured on the Coors Light ad. Not only did the advert propel them to success but so did the helping hand of Kings of Leon when they offered Mona the opportunity to support them on their Come Around Sundown Tour.
Wherever Mona have come from (well, Nashville I suppose), I'm frogging glad they came.
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