"Nighttime" is a surreal introduction to Detroit's instrumental virtuosos Liquid Monk

The ability to create a sonic landscape and one that can be inhabited fully by a listener usually requires a great deal of skill and practice outside of the raw talent. Fortunately for Liquid Monk, none of these qualities are in short supply, ensuring that the Beverly Martel signed collective continue making a name for themselves in the Detroit scene with their live band ethos and sterling production arrangements that give the perfect base for vocal collaboration.

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The boldness of honest artistry is rare quality and one that is often found in nostalgia and formative experience. That boldness and bravery permeates both the production elements of “Nighttime” but also the vocal elements, as the group’s vision of melding their jazz and fusion roots with electronic influences comes to fruition.