Monkeyboy is the tentative solo project of Kevin Harper, singer/guitarist with Stirling power pop band Vivamelodica. In an attempt to record as many different esoteric styles as possible, utilising hip hop beats, lo fi americana, and 80's radio pop, Kevin quickly realised that he was actually creating that oldest of all staples; the break-up album. Not to be put off, he steamed ahead and in less than 3 months had self recorded 14 songs in his living room, the result of which is the collection of songs you see before you, collected together under the album title; 'Are You Still With Us?' Kevin is currently hard at work on the debut album from full time band vivamelodica as well as the 2nd Monkeyboy album. He is also currently working on a complicated system of wires and pulleys to bring these songs to the exciting world of live music with the aid of two additional monkeys.
Influences: prince, the pixies, david bowie, the beatles, the rolling stones, the kinks, led zepplin, nirvana, new order, joy division, wilco, bob dylan, talking heads, buffalo tom, elliiot smith, evan dando, chic, the JAMC, dinosaur jr, sonic youth, joni michell, dr dre, public enemy, de la soul, tom waits, gene clark, gram parsons, curtis mayfield, the clash, warren zevon, and too many other geniuses to mention.
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