Monalia is an Oslo-based band, with deep roots from the mountains of Telemark. Monalia is about yearning, about getting away from all the worries and disappointments in everyday life, to a better world inside, where the greatness, the peace and the savagery of nature slowly gets painted out in the songs.
Some of their biggest influences are popmusic from the 60s, with its melodic and catchy melodies, and music from the British underground scene through the 80s and 90s, with its floaty, psychedelic and introverted soundscape.
In May 2015, they released their first singel, “My Little Lies”, on the Norwegian label, Ghost Town. The song got air time on the biggest radio stations in Norway, and was playlisted on German radio, as well as recieving a lot of good reviews in international music blogs.
Their debut EP with the fitting title, “Waited All Too Long”, which was released in May 2016, also got regularly airplay on Norwegian national radio and many good reviews in different music blogs.
After the EP-release their time has been spent playing a number of concerts in Oslo and the East part of Norway. The highlight so far was a festival called «Festivalen Sin», where the band shared stage with some of Norway’s biggest artist, Stein Torleif Bjella, Enslaved and Greni.
Monalia has been in the studio since February 2018, recording their first full-length album. The first single from their upcoming album, “Want To Be A Star”, was released on the 14th of September. And more tasters from the upcoming album are to come, with several single-releases during this fall and winter. The album was released in April 2019.
Links
https://soundcloud.com/monalia3
https://www.facebook.com/monalia.band
http://www.monalia.no
