11 Incredible Bands Ignored By The Mainstream Music Press

7. M O N E Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IOUCSo0-tM#t=47 The latest addition to Manchester's hugely impressive musical roster, M O N E Y are the saviours of the silence, using the quiet parts of their music to as much effect as they do the loud. It's a rare work ethic; to utilise dynamics to such a degree that there's no other word for their sound except for 'spacious'. What does that even mean? 'That song is spacious'? It's so utterly devoid of any musical description, yet completely spot on. For M O N E Y, who have drawn comparisons to such names as Wild Beasts, WU LYF, and Glasvegas, it's the empty, echoing nature of their sound - built heavily around the vocals of frontman Jamie Lee, who rarely even raises his voice above a whisper - that really encapsulates what the band do. While their online presence encourages enigmatic personification of the four members, quoting poets and philosophising over life, death, and everything, it's the shadowed nature of their success that really encapsulates a band like M O N E Y. Barely breaking into the consciousness of but a few, one would've assumed rich success for a band that so intimately tug at the heartstrings and encourage worthwhile pondering. Acts like Kodaline and Amber Run are also moulded in the same vein, though admittedly more commercial, so perhaps it's best that M O N E Y just play the waiting game. Like Joy Division, The Smiths, and Elbow before them, there'll always be a place for poets in Manchester.