{"id":1756,"date":"2019-05-03T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T08:00:44","slug":"monkey-house-releases-new-album-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/?p=1756","title":{"rendered":"Monkey House releases new album &#8220;FRIDAY&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1745 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MonkeyHouse_Friday-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MonkeyHouse_Friday-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MonkeyHouse_Friday-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MonkeyHouse_Friday.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><em>26 APRIL 2019 (TORONTO, ON) &#8211; Sophisticated musicianship, imaginative lyrics, and a flair for melody are signatures of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almarecords.com\/artists\/monkey-house\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monkey House<\/a> sound &#8211; a sound that has earned the group serious critical acclaim, peer respect, and a steadily expanding international following.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those characteristics are again evident on Friday, set for release on ALMA Records. It is the fifth full-length release from the L.A.\/Toronto combo that has just celebrated the notable milestone of 25 years of playing together. That rare longevity has resulted in an invaluable empathy in the musical interactions of the core members: singer\/songwriter\/keyboardist Don Breithaupt, drummer Mark Kelso, bassist Pat Kilbride, and guitarist Justin Abedin.<\/p>\n<p>All but two of the tracks on Friday are Don Breithaupt compositions. The first single, \u201cBook of Liars\u201d hits the airwaves April 26. \u201cBook Of Liars\u201d is a cover of a song by Steely Dan&#8217;s Walter Becker. &#8220;As a lifelong Steely Dan fan, Walter&#8217;s death hit me hard,&#8221; says Don. &#8220;I thought it&#8217;d be a nice gesture to do one of his.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>continue reading at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umusic.ca\/press-releases\/monkey-house-new-album-friday-release-date-july-26-on-alma-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.umusic.ca\/press-releases\/monkey-house-new-album-friday-release-date-july-26-on-alma-records\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 APRIL 2019 (TORONTO, ON) &#8211; Sophisticated musicianship, imaginative lyrics, and a flair for melody are signatures of the Monkey House sound &#8211; a sound that has earned the group serious critical acclaim, peer respect, and a steadily expanding international following. Those characteristics are again evident on Friday, set for release on ALMA Records. It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/?p=1756\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monkey House releases new album &#8220;FRIDAY&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[270,268,38,271,269,272,36,37],"class_list":["post-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i-got-the-news","tag-book-of-liars","tag-don-breithaupt","tag-donald-fagen","tag-friday","tag-monkey-house","tag-new-release","tag-steely-dan","tag-walter-becker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1757,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions\/1757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writingaffairs.com\/blog\/mizar6\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}