MX Lonely dig into the dark with purpose. The Brooklyn three-piece release their debut full-length album ‘All Monsters’ via Julia’s War Recordings alongside new single “Anesthetic,” a grunge-streaked alt-rock track that vocalist Rae Haas describes plainly as “a love song to the addict, an ode to feeling highs and lows rather than searching for something to numb the pain.” The accompanying music video, directed by Owen Lehman, captures the shift from desolation to visceral power that defines the song’s emotional arc.
‘All Monsters’ is the album MX Lonely have been building toward since forming out of AA meetings, where Haas, guitarist Jake Harms, and bassist Gabriel Garman first connected. Entirely self-recorded, the album captures the live, immediate, analogue energy of their shows across eight tracks that tackle gender dysphoria, addiction, codependency, shadow work, and the internal monsters that make you feel like a bad person. “ALL MONSTERS is about, instead of killing yourself, killing your monsters,” Haas says. The cavernous guitars, soaring vocals, and hulking low-end stretch into the longest songs the group have ever made, including the haunting seven-minute closer “Whispers In The Fog.”
The singles leading into the album set the tone precisely. “Big Hips” earned praise from Stereogum, FLOOD Magazine, and Chasing Sundays for its portrayal of trans adolescence through seasick indie rock and fuzz-riff eruptions. “Shape Of An Angel” explored addiction and codependency. “Return To Sender” interrogated the impossibility of controlling others’ perceptions. Together with “Anesthetic,” they sketch a record that moves between murky creep and full-intensity catharsis without losing its emotional thread.
MX Lonely have been on the road supporting ‘All Monsters’ since February, with the North American tour now wrapping up its final dates through early April.
‘All Monsters’ Tracklist:
- Kill the Candle
- Big Hips
- Shape of An Angel
- All Monsters Go To Heaven
- Blue Ridge Mtns
- Anesthetic
- Return to Sender
- Whispers In The Fog