O Monolith LP (Color) fg_Catalog Number_07567862476 with unseen imagery and memorabilia

with unseen imagery and memorabilia from the era: handwritten lyrics

It is simpler

These are not typical love songs or protest songs — they are painful

the freakishly large wingspan of manta rays)

with Bonnet’s vocals soaring to old-school heights

O Monolith LP (Color) fg_Catalog Number_07567862476 with unseen imagery and memorabiliaTeeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, Squid's second album O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021's critically acclaimed, UK number 4 album Bright Green Field, it is dense and tricksy but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. A sense of open conversation is cultivated: this is unmistakably music made by friends, but it's not