Monsters (The Midnight album)

Monsters is the third studio album by synthwave band The Midnight. It was released on July 10, 2020, by Counter Records.

Monsters
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2020
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
LabelCounter
The Midnight chronology
Kids
(2018)
Monsters
(2020)
Singles from Monsters
  1. "America Online"
    Released: May 3, 2019
  2. "Deep Blue"
    Released: May 6, 2020
  3. "Dance with Somebody"
    Released: June 10, 2020
  4. "Prom Night"
    Released: June 24, 2020
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Daily Express[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]

Background

The album deals with themes of romance, lost love and nostalgia within a backdrop of 80's style synthwave.[4] In an interview with Icon VS Icon, the band confirmed that Monsters is a thematic continuation of their previous album Kids, focusing on adolescence, closeness and alienation from the perspective of a teenager. The band also confirmed that Kids and Monsters will be part of a trilogy.[5]

The cover artwork was made by artist Aaron Campbell, who also created the artwork for their previous album, Kids.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan.

  1. "1991 (intro)" – 0:27
  2. "America Online" – 5:49
  3. "Dance with Somebody" – 4:17
  4. "Seventeen" – 4:02
  5. "Dream Away" – 3:38
  6. "The Search for Ecco" – 4:04
  7. "Prom Night" – 5:02
  8. "Fire in the Sky" – 4:09
  9. "Monsters" (featuring Jupiter Winter) – 3:17
  10. "Helvetica" – 5:16
  11. "Brooklyn" – 4:14
  12. "Deep Blue" – 3:57
  13. "Night Skies" – 3:04
  14. "City Dreams (interlude)" – 2:17
  15. "Last Train" – 4:22

Charts

Chart performance for Monsters
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 28
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 85
US Billboard 200[9] 134
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[10] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] 18

References

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