Artist: From Monument To Masses
Genre(s):
Indie
Rock: Punk-Rock
Discography:
Schools of Thought Contend
Year: 2005
Tracks: 15
The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
The Impossible Leap in One H..
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
From Monument To Masses
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
San Francisco's politically astute post-rock trio From Monument to Masses features Francis Choung, Matthew Solberg, and Sergio Robledo-Maderazo. The band formed in late 2000, when Solberg met Choung through an on-line bulletin card for local musicians. The twosome began playing together and affiliated with Robledo-Maderazo, wHO had attended UCSB when Choung was in that respect and was a reciprocal friend with Steve Aoki, the head of Dim Mak Records. The band's collaborative, experimental approach combines the unstable arrangements and structures of post-rock, the explosive flack and principled posture of old school hardcore and emo, and the members' political and social concerns; Choung and Robledo-Maderazo ar both Asian-American and their viewpoints heavily inform the band's music. In addition to their wreak with the band, Solberg is a painter and plays with a jazz-metal isthmus called the Mass, Choung deeds in tV and has a BA in photographic film studies, and Robledo-Maderazo likewise full treatment in graphic plan and multimedia system. From Monument to Masses' self-titled debut album appeared on Dim Mak in spring 2002; the banding followed it up the side by side year with The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps.
