The Sighs of Monsters London The Sighs of Monsters is a band from the UK. The easy answer to "What sort of music do they play?" is ‘art rock’, but in truth they do what they think the song needs. "Three quarters of a century into rock ‘n’ roll, the musical vocabulary is so huge that restricting oneself to a particular style seems pointless and needless," says vocalist/guitarist Dean Sobers. "The ‘The Sighs of Monsters’ sound comes from the way we play and the personality of Dean’s voice, but we don’t mind pulling in elements of folk, jazz, punk, ska, avant garde, or straight-down-the line rock. There comes a point in the life of a song where it is almost able to tell you what it needs, " adds percussionist Chris Houston. The band started recording 'GROUND' with no fixed agenda, "but we knew from the start that we wanted to create an album that felt like one of those classic albums we grew up with," says bassist Brett Lock. "The ‘album’ as an artistic statement has lost a lot of ground over the last decade because iTunes culture has emphasised random individual tracks compiled into personal playlists. We wanted to create something for the type of music fan that enjoys sitting back and listening to an album as a cohesive work: someone with patience and who remembers why they loved music."
