On Little Known Frequencies

From Monument to Masses came together in December of 2000. Drummer/programmer Francis Choung replied to a post from a transplanted Chicago math rock guitarist Matthew Solberg who had been ranting on craigslist about wanting to create some angry, angular, and soulful music that would have little to do with the everpresent specters of punk and metal. Inspired by bands like Refused, Faraquet, and Shipping News, they wanted to write meticulous yet raw music that would escape the math rock niche and find a new territory altogether. Soon thereafter, Sergio Robledo-Maderazo joined on bass and synth, and the three discovered a sound and a philosophy. Politics and music became inseparable.

From Monument to Masses is history in the making. The bi-coastal post-rock band's new album of politically-charged music was recorded at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco with the engineering genius of Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Minus the Bear, Russian Circles) at the console.