Album: Monsters by The Midnight (2020)
Genre: Electronic | Mood: Dreamy
Record Label: Counter Records
Format: Album

Description: Monsters is the third studio album by synthwave band The Midnight. It was released on July 10, 2020, by Counter Records. The album was included on AllMusic's list of the best albums of 2020.

Background
The album deals with themes of romance, lost love and nostalgia within a backdrop of 1980s-style synthwave. In an interview with Icon vs Icon, the band confirmed that Monsters is a thematic continuation of their previous album Kids, focusing on adolescence, closeness and alienation from the perspective of a teenager. The band also confirmed that Kids and Monsters are part of a trilogy.

The cover artwork was made by artist Aaron Campbell, who also created the artwork for their previous album, Kids.

Artist Background: The Midnight is a synthwave band composed of Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jamison Tyler Lyle and Los Angeles-based Danish-born producer, songwriter, and singer Tim Daniel McEwan. The band was formed as a result of Lyle and McEwan meeting during a co-writing workshop in 2012 in North Hollywood, CA. Inspired in part by the score for Drive, and the retro synth genre growing around its release, the pair wrote two singles, "WeMoveForward" and "Gloria", that would be released two years later in ... Part of the Los Angeles, USA music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Electronic movement.

Related Artists: FM-84, Kalax, Timecop1983, GUNSHIP

Music Scene: Part of the Los Angeles, USA music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Electronic movement.

Tags: Electronic, Dreamy, 2020s, Album, Counter Records

Additional Context: Rating score: 10. Based on 1 votes


Monsters is the third studio album by synthwave band The Midnight. It was released on July 10, 2020, by Counter Records. The album was included on AllMusic's list of the best albums of 2020.

Background
The album deals with themes of romance, lost love and nostalgia within a backdrop of 1980s-style synthwave. In an interview with Icon vs Icon, the band confirmed that Monsters is a thematic continuation of their previous album Kids, focusing on adolescence, closeness and alienation from the perspective of a teenager. The band also confirmed that Kids and Monsters are part of a trilogy.

The cover artwork was made by artist Aaron Campbell, who also created the artwork for their previous album, Kids.

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