Album Review: Moneytree - The Great Indoors: Part III

Southampton based alt rockers Moneytree don’t have an album out yet but are certainly prolific as the conclusion of their EP trilogy, ‘The Great Indoors: Part III’, goes to show. Alt rock is a bit of a catch-all definition when it comes to guitar based rock music but it’s the only way to really describe the band whose mash of extended instrumentals and interesting vocal styles are undoubtable rocking and definitely an alternative to a lot of the other guitar based bands out there.

‘The Great Indoors: Part III’ opens with ‘The Science Of Gambling’ and a fairly standard acoustic guitar sound that quickly morphs in to a complex and fascinating arrangement that takes over the song and is so far from the radio-friendly indie fare that infiltrates the airwaves daily that it doesn’t even draw comparisons. Chanted lyrics bookend the instrumental break and the strong British adds a level of grit and rawness that no American counterpart could imitate. There’s a clear math rock influence but by the first track it is already clear that Moneytree refuse to be put in to a box.