{"id":96245,"date":"2024-05-21T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=96245"},"modified":"2024-05-20T20:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:11:49","slug":"influences-el-moono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/influences-el-moono\/","title":{"rendered":"Influences: El Moono"},"content":{"rendered":"

On their recently released, and mightily impressive, debut full-length, ‘The Waking Sun’<\/em>,\u00a0El Moono<\/strong><\/a> showcased a wide breadth of sounds and textures in their brand of alt-metal. From the wall of noise that transcends on\u00a0‘Illusionist’<\/em> final moments, the thunderous hardcore blasts on ‘The First Man on Mars’<\/em>, and the ethereal, harmonious bridges on ‘The Charm,’ <\/em>the Brighton quartet’s range is expansive. It leaves you with a record that requires repeated listens, not only to be appreciated but to explore El Moono<\/strong>‘s layered approach.<\/p>\n

Along its 13 tracks,\u00a0‘The Waking Sun’<\/em> takes in shoegaze, grunge, post-hardcore, dance-pop, prog, and math-rock elements. With such a vast array of styles blended together in their delightful alt-metal cocktail, it made perfect sense to find out about the bands that El Moono<\/strong> consider as their influences.<\/p>\n

Deftones<\/h2>\n

Deftones<\/strong> greatly influence the four of us; we’ve been listening to their catalogue back to front for years now, and unapologetically wear this on our sleeves! From their ethereal soundscapes to huge riffs and beautiful melodies, Deftones have been hugely important to our band. If we had to pick one album in particular, it would be ‘Diamond Eyes’.<\/em><\/p>\n