Not Yet (Monotonix album)

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Not Yet
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2011
RecordedJanuary, April, July 2010
Genre Garage rock
Label Drag City
Producer Steve Albini
Monotonix chronology
Where Were You When It Happened?
(2009)
Not Yet
(2011)

Not Yet is the second full-length album by Israeli band Monotonix released January 25, 2011 on Drag City records. It was recorded by Steve Albini in Electrical Audio studio in Chicago over 3 sessions in January, April and July 2010.

Monotonix band

Monotonix were a garage rock band from Tel Aviv, Israel. The band — singer Ami Shalev, guitarist Yonatan Gat, and drummer Ran Shimoni — released their debut EP in 2008 and toured mostly in the United States and Europe, including notable appearances at SXSW. Monotonix subsequently released two full-length records: Where Were You When It Happened? and Not Yet. Over the span of five years, Monotonix played 1000 shows. They were famously dubbed, "the most exciting live band in rock 'n' roll" by Spin Magazine.

Drag City (record label) independent record label in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Drag City is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It was established with a Royal Trux single release in Chicago in 1990 in by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn. It specializes in indie rock, experimental rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, and alternative country.

Steve Albini American record engineer and rock musician

Steven Albini is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago. In 2018, Albini estimated that he had worked on several thousand albums during his career. He has had major influence on the development of genres such as noise rock, post-hardcore and math rock.

Contents

At the time of the album's release critics were halved by the primitive aesthetics, punk minimalism, and Albini's raw production, with the likes of Pitchfork and Spin Magazine expressing disappointment, but Prefix Magazine claiming "they now seem concerned with commanding your respect just as much as your hips" and Zaptown naming it an "iconic punk album for the times". PopMatters went as far as "The romance and mystery in Gat's guitar set 'em apart. Monotonix trust their rock chops enough to let in some beauty and softness along the way, and that's what makes them, but make no mistake, they'll still flatten everyone in the room."

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.

Track listing

  1. "Nasty Fancy" - 3:08
  2. "Everything That I See" - 2:30
  3. "Before I Pass Away" - 2:49
  4. "Blind Again" - 4:02
  5. "Fun Fun Fun" - 2:05
  6. "Give Me More" - 3:03
  7. "You and Me" - 4:28
  8. "Try Try Try" - 2:43
  9. "Late Night" - 5:27
  10. "Never Died Before" - 2:30

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