originally released for Record Store Day 2012, not sure if this is a repress or backstock. Monophonics drop a 7in single with an exclusive B-Side not available on the upcoming full-length album. "There's A Riot Going On b/w High Off Your Love", pressed in limited quantities with a digital download and packaged in a picture sleeve.
"There's A Riot Going On" starts with a snare fill that's reminiscent of Jimi's "Machine Gun" and displays what becomes a consistent theme on each Monophonics track: hard drums, catchy bass lines, dirty horns, organs mixed with vibraphones, fuzz guitar and soulful vocals sitting on a sheet of echo & slap back.
On the flip side and only available on this 7in, "High Off Your Love" is an uptempo skull snapper that takes a heavy dose of Norman Whitfield produced Temptations records and blends it with the dark creeping sound of soundtrack minded Isaac Hayes. Driven by a "Pusherman" groove and anchored with layers of bass, electric harpsichord, wurlitzer electric piano, fuzz & wah guitar's and heavy orchestrated horns. Sitting on top of this soundscape is a gritty soul vocal coated in tape echo that preaches about a love that's so good it can make a man gotta have it like a bad habit.
