Mosant - 'Midnight Television'
The conventional wisdom about discographies asserts that most debut albums go one of two ways. They are either hastily made before a band has fully formed its identity, or they feature songs that a band has had the luxury to carefully craft for years before committing to tape. Cincinnati-based four-piece Mosant is the rare band that has found a third path: writing and recording an album with staggering speed and confidence and emerging as one of the best pop-rock bands in recent memory. Originally formed as a vehicle for vocalist/bass player Chandler Hoffert’s propulsive songs, Mosant released the killer double-single “Critical” / “(Not the) Only One” in 2022. Coalescing into its current configuration in the spring of that year, the band shifted into a rich collaborative mode, finding beautiful common ground and compelling friction in a four-way partnership that mischievously mashes buzzy power-pop hooks, prog-rock left turns, bighearted soul, and sumptuous harmonies. The resulting debut, Midnight Television, recorded at Cincinnati’s Marble Garden with Isaac Karns, perfectly captures the spitfire energy of a young band while confidently absorbing 60 years of pop music.
The conventional wisdom about discographies asserts that most debut albums go one of two ways. They are either hastily made before a band has fully formed its identity, or they feature songs that a band has had the luxury to carefully craft for years before committing to tape. Cincinnati-based four-piece Mosant is the rare band that has found a third path: writing and recording an album with staggering speed and confidence and emerging as one of the best pop-rock bands in recent memory. Originally formed as a vehicle for vocalist/bass player Chandler Hoffert’s propulsive songs, Mosant released the killer double-single “Critical” / “(Not the) Only One” in 2022. Coalescing into its current configuration in the spring of that year, the band shifted into a rich collaborative mode, finding beautiful common ground and compelling friction in a four-way partnership that mischievously mashes buzzy power-pop hooks, prog-rock left turns, bighearted soul, and sumptuous harmonies. The resulting debut, Midnight Television, recorded at Cincinnati’s Marble Garden with Isaac Karns, perfectly captures the spitfire energy of a young band while confidently absorbing 60 years of pop music.
The conventional wisdom about discographies asserts that most debut albums go one of two ways. They are either hastily made before a band has fully formed its identity, or they feature songs that a band has had the luxury to carefully craft for years before committing to tape. Cincinnati-based four-piece Mosant is the rare band that has found a third path: writing and recording an album with staggering speed and confidence and emerging as one of the best pop-rock bands in recent memory. Originally formed as a vehicle for vocalist/bass player Chandler Hoffert’s propulsive songs, Mosant released the killer double-single “Critical” / “(Not the) Only One” in 2022. Coalescing into its current configuration in the spring of that year, the band shifted into a rich collaborative mode, finding beautiful common ground and compelling friction in a four-way partnership that mischievously mashes buzzy power-pop hooks, prog-rock left turns, bighearted soul, and sumptuous harmonies. The resulting debut, Midnight Television, recorded at Cincinnati’s Marble Garden with Isaac Karns, perfectly captures the spitfire energy of a young band while confidently absorbing 60 years of pop music.
Catalog Number: SBR1-065
Released: May 3rd, 2024
Tracklist:
Can't You Tell?
3AM
Got It
Ninety-Five
Whispered Words
Sympathy
Goodbye
When I'm Down
Tangled Affair