Overmono
The Welsh brothers Tom and Ed Russell, whose "So U Kno" of 2021 became a track on the debut album Good Lies (2023).
Brothers from Overmonnow
Overmono are the brothers Tom and Ed Russell, from Overmonnow in Monmouth, Wales, the source of the name. Tom produced hard techno as Truss and Ed produced drum and bass and rave-inspired tracks as Tessela, including "Hackney Parrot" in 2013; they performed briefly as TR/ER in 2012, and Ed founded the label Poly Kicks in 2013. They began producing together in 2015. Their first releases were the Arla EPs on XL (July 29, 2016, March 10, 2017 and November 24, 2017), followed by the Raft Living EP (Poly Kicks, October 5, 2018), Whities 019 (AD 93, December 7, 2018) and "Bromley" with "Still Moving" (XL, November 22, 2019) with Joy Orbison. Everything U Need arrived on November 6, 2020, and they remixed Thom Yorke, For Those I Love and Four Tet.
"Pieces of 8" and "Echo Rush" came out on April 8, 2021, "If U Ever" on fabric on May 12, and then "BMW Track" with "So U Kno" on Poly Kicks (digital June 16, 2021, vinyl June 18). Fabric presents Overmono came on July 16, 2021 with three new originals including "So U Kno" and "BMW Track", and DJ Mag named them the UK's best live act in 2021. Their first show in nearly two years was at Village Underground in London on September 16, 2021.
Good Lies
The debut album Good Lies came out on May 12, 2023 on XL, produced by Overmono, thirteen tracks and 47:58, and reached 11 on the UK Albums Chart and 1 on the UK dance albums chart; Metacritic scored it 83. Pitchfork's Will Pritchard gave 7.7, writing that they haven't sacrificed intimacy or immediacy to the prospect of festival slots and pyrotechnics, and the Guardian's Alexis Petridis made it album of the week under the headline UK rave history is distilled to perfection. Kitty Empire in the Observer called it an album full of emotional ambushes.
They played Coachella in April 2023 and Glastonbury in 2025, and have worked with Fred again.. and Lil Yachty ("stayinit", February 2024), the Streets ("Turn the Page", April 2024) and Ruthven ("Gem Lingo", July 2024). XL lists a second album, Pure Devotion, for August 7, 2026.
Albums
Songs
- So U Kno Good Lies · 2021
The B-side of the 2021 Poly Kicks 12-inch "BMW Track" and later track twelve of Good Lies.
Sources
- Overmono, Wikipedia
- Good Lies, Wikipedia
- Overmono release new two-tracker, The Quietus (2021-06)
- Overmono, Bandcamp