Trials is a record of heartbreak and torment, but, ultimately, it gives the impression of hope and excitement.
The Monroe Transfer

The Monroe Transfer need YOU for their next single!
TLOBF can exclusively reveal The Monroe Transfer’s imaginative plans for their next song. The seven piece instrumental band from London is asking as many people as possible to contribute to ‘The Heavens Sleep, Are Sleeping Still’.
The Monroe Transfer record launch night TONIGHT!
The Monroe Transfer, whose debut release got an impressive review here, will be launching said record TONIGHT at The Macbeth in Hoxton.

The Monroe Transfer – I Dreamt I Was a Hammer and Everything Was Glass
The Monroe Transfer’s seventh release is a beautiful piece of work, and is exactly what the seminal Godspeed You! Black Emperor might be doing today if the word hiatus hadn’t been invented.
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