Monde UFO Release New Album, ‘Flamingo Tower’, March 7, Announce 2025 EU/UK Tour Dates

Photo credit: Andy McQuade

Monde UFO, the LA-based duo of Ray Monde and Kris Chau, have been a firm favorite of ours since the release of their debut album, 7171, back in 2021.  Since then, the band signed with Fire Records – reissuing 7171 in an expanded format, followed by a Spacemen 3 cover for the label’s 40th anniversary, last April.  

Then, in November, a pre-holidays revelation in the form of a new album announcement. Monde UFO’s sophomore long-player, Flamingo Tower, is set for a March 7 release on Fire. Exciting news, to be sure, and the advance tracks –  last November’s ‘Samba 9’, and this month’s follow-up, ‘119’ – heighten the anticipation.  

Where both fit in well with Monde UFO’s existing lineup of vertiginous, yet oddly comforting, lo-fi freeform psych, there’s an added warmth and emphasis on propulsive rhythms and textures; more structured, perhaps, but without sacrificing adventurousness.  Monde’s stated interest in numerology (the release accompanying the album announcement quotes Monde as saying “I don’t really care for numerology, but at the same time, I’m obsessed with it”) comes through in the song titles (and the runtimes?  Samba 9 clocks in at 3:33 and 119, 3:44 – coincidence? Probably? Who knows).  

Flamingo Tower is due March 7, on Fire Records – pre-order vinyl and/or digital copies here: https://mondeufo.bandcamp.com/album/flamingo-tower.

Monde UFO will be on tour in the UK/EU this May – dates and ticket links here:  https://mondeufo.lnk.to/TourWE.

Check the brilliant video for ‘119’ here:  https://youtu.be/YkFWSTX_7Xw?si=51H2YkhQ3qKxPebH.

Check out more from Fire Records (an excellent label, so says we) here:  https://www.firerecords.com/.

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