Monet - Cheer LP
Recorded over a year ago, the second and final album from one of Britain's most original underground bands is finally ready to be heard.
Released on limited vinyl via R*E*P*E*A*T Records on 7th August 2026. Hand-numbered edition of 100, each featuring an individually created insert.
"Those who find the ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are cultivated. For these there is hope." — Oscar Wilde
There have always been bands who fit in, and then there are bands who matter. Monet were very firmly the latter.
In a scene still too often clogged with indie-by-numbers jangle, second-hand Oasis sneers, reheated post-punk tropes and people mistaking references for ideas, Monet stood apart by simply being themselves — awkward, angular, thrillingly unpredictable, joyfully messy and unmistakably alive.
Their creativity never felt bolted on or performative. It came from a place of genuine curiosity and bravery: odd angles where straight lines were expected, moments of beauty rubbing against tension, songs that refused to settle for the obvious when something stranger and far more exciting was within reach. Monet didn't just write songs; they built little worlds — worlds that rewarded attention, imagination and R*E*P*E*A*T listens (obviously).
"Cheer" is the sound of a creative, imaginative and utterly original band at their absolute peak. Every listen leaves my mouth hanging open in disbelief as punk collides with jazz, rock, funk, noise, beauty and countless other influences, somehow emerging as something that sounds like nobody else.
Electric. Eclectic. Eye-catching. Slightly wonky and just a little dangerous, in all the right ways. This isn't indie as wallpaper or polite background noise; it's music that demands your attention. Just as you couldn't half-watch Monet live, you can't half-listen to "Cheer". You're either all in, or you're missing the point.
On stage they held rooms utterly entranced, not through bombast or bravado, but through the sheer force of doing things differently — and better — than most. Every performance felt important. Every performance felt special. Every performance felt like watching a band completely aware of who they were and why that mattered.
Remarkably, "Cheer" captures that same electricity on vinyl.
So R*E*P*E*A*T proudly presents Monet's final curtain call. Their avoidable demise and wasted potential came courtesy of the usual p(r)etty shitty music-scene jealousies and drunken nonsense that so often chews up the very bands our culture should be celebrating.
But what a way to go.
No fade-out. No compromise. No apology.
Just one final reminder of how vital, how rare and how irreplaceable true originality still is.
Monet mattered.
They still do.
And anyone who ever heard them knows it.
Tracklist:
1. Up to the Down
2. Salt Tooth
3. Grimace
4. Phantom Thieves
5. Drenched
6. The Piper Lead Me to the River
7. Headcut
8. Cheer
9. I Can See Trees
About this product: this release is pressed on black vinyl,. Includes a handmade insert and a download code. Limited pressing of a 100.