Oh Elsa! by Mono Mochi

Sweets from the underground - The Swiss indie band Mono Mochi releases their first album “Oh Elsa!” as a delicate homage to the simple and homemade:
raw, honest, freedom-screaming indie from a Lucerne cellar, recorded with an old tape machine from the 80s!

Some people may know this feeling: this longing for simplicity and honesty in a world saturated with digital impressions, which makes us take a step back in order to be able to see things more clearly again.

Inspired by the “Prince of Indie-Rock” Mac DeMarco and his blunt, honest, musical approach, the four people from Lucerne are releasing their debut album (release date: May 31, 2024), which has exactly this attitude towards music:

“We wanted to move away from this overproduced, highly polished pop and towards an analogue, unadulterated and therefore more characterful indie.
That simply touches us more than the typical retouched stuff you often hear.”

The eight self-produced songs are reminiscent of a melange of greats like Mac DeMarco, The War On Drugs and Tame Impala. In some places the lyrics take up scenes that groan with the feeling of freedom of a summer road trip to nowhere.
At the same time, they never neglect the tendency towards seriousness and depth.
They are songs that describe growing up and being an adult - and make it a little easier. Mono Mochi say about the creation of the album:

“What began as a hobby project in an old band basement towards the end of the Corona pandemic then organically developed into a vessel that we can fill with our musical stories in our current dissonance between adulthood and childlike playfulness.
An outstanding feature was the recording with our tape machine Elsa.
It got its name from an old service technician who recognized the machine even after decades! Every now and then the machine would go on strike at the most inopportune moments, provoking the very ambivalent exclamation “Oh Elsa!”.
It quickly became clear what we were going to call the album!”

With their three pre-singles “Wild Thyme”, “Whatkeepsmewakingup” and “How It Ends” Mono Mochi has already celebrated successes such as airplays on various radio stations across Switzerland (including national radio), Brazil and South America.
Now the eagerly awaited debut album “Oh Elsa!” will finally be released on May 31st and will be available digitally and on vinyl.

Mono Mochi's debut album shows that you don't have to look far away for good indie.
So if you want to bathe your world in a warm, analog light and are still looking for the soundtrack for summer 2024, you should rewind now and simply press “play”!

The Swiss indie band Mono Mochi merges old analog with new digital, proving “new” isn’t always better.
Their sweet analog indie sound echoes Mac DeMarco, Men I Trust, and Tame Impala—raw, honest songs with edges that evoke summer road trips, embrace freedom, and make growing up in an overstimulated world a little easier.

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