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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep191: No Comfort for Monolord

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the midst of yet another tour, Monolord drummer Esben Willems calls in to discuss life on the road, Monolord's vinyl history, the new album 'No Comfort' and lots more.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Aspen. I play drums in Mono Lord. We're on tour now supporting our new album No Comfort,

0:05.7

and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide. Well, all right, all right, all right. Hey, everyone, it's Nate.

0:11.0

Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide. As you've heard, we are welcoming

0:15.8

special guest, Esben Willems, of the kick-ass band Monolord, a band that brings their doom-stoner heavy rock sound

0:23.6

and embeds it deep onto heaps of varied special vinyl pressings. They have colored pressings and

0:30.1

splatter one-offs and heaps more. And right now, Monolord is celebrating their new album,

0:35.9

No Comfort on Relapse Records, and they are currently

0:39.2

touring the planet with North American tour dates all throughout November 2019.

0:44.1

So if you are driving distance from either San Diego, Tucson, Albuquerque, Dallas, Austin,

0:50.2

Lafayette, New Orleans, Atlanta, Asheville, Richmond, Baltimore, Philly, Brooklyn, Chicago,

0:55.0

Indianapolis, St. Louis, Lawrence, Denver, or Los Angeles, head over to Facebook.com slash

1:00.8

Monolored, Sweden to check out ticket links and pick up their records at monolord.bancamp.com.

1:09.7

And hey, I'm not going to tell anyone your secret.

1:12.3

I know you are a really nice person.

1:15.0

And because you are, you likely have a Christmas list with some record fiends on that.

1:19.9

And you're looking for a gift for them.

1:21.4

So along with that new Mono Lord LP, you're getting them, make sure to pick up a groove

1:27.4

washer record cleaning kit.

1:28.9

They're great Christmas gifts. Every record maniac needs one. I use the groove washer every day,

1:35.0

sometimes multiple times a day, and it helps my records look and sound their very best.

1:41.0

And by the way, I also keep a small bottle of the groove washer record cleaner in my

1:45.1

pocket when I go to record shows because it helps me figure out which marks on the records

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