Currently in their third stint together, after previously packing it in once in 1985, and then again in 1998, The Monochrome Set are a deciduous yet resilient fixture in indie-pop’s past, present – and perhaps its future, should another album materialise.
Marked by songwriter Bid’s laconic vocals and intelligent wit – whether rhyming ‘Pepsi Cola’ with ‘Zola’ (as in Emile, not Gianfranco), or giving Half Man Half Biscuit a run for their money in the pun department with tracks christened Karma Suture and The Great Barrier Riff – they’ve amassed considerable renown for good reason.
This month they’ve been coaxed to Glasgow by We Can Still Picnic, whose founders Wake the President will provide support on the night, alongside Spectorbullets (Russell Burn of the Fire Engines' new act) and POST. To paraphrase an eponymous early single, they’ll be waiting to spuriously entertain your tiny brains; it’d be daft to refuse.
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