60. The Mona Reels

Low Profile with Markly Morrison

I'm very excited to kick things off today, I’ve been working on this season for a little over a year and as usual, I’ll be presenting a ton of terrific musical guests. Also, my wife Lani Is supplying hand drawn portraits of all the artists for each episode, starting with today’s guest, Peter David Connelly of the Mona Reels, whose latest self-released album “Without Love” is available on bandcamp. In addition to the band’s output over the past twenty years or so, Peter and I talk about how to hack the algorithms that police low-res photos, worshiping The Beach Boys, the role of piano in contemporary rock music, his old band called Weezer, and Peter gives a few piano and vocal performances we taped in his home here in Olympia. This episode is also available on video, filmed and directed by Andrew ebright at TCTV Studio A. You can find a link to watch this on this episode’s website at lowprofilepodcast.com or cat hit late at night on Channel 22 in Thurston County. Some, but not all of the visual references have been edited out for this audio-only version.You can find links to their music on this episode’s website at lowprofilepodcast.com where you can also watch the broadcast television version of this episode. If that’s not enough Mona Reels for you, they gave another performance and interview during the Scherler Sundays live series, two episodes back in time. Today’s show was recorded for Thurston Community Media by Andrew Ebright. If you’d like to support Low Profile and get early access to future episodes and occasional exclusive bonus content, head over to Patreon.com/lowprofile and sign up for flexible monthly donations and join the crew of executive producers. Next time on Low Profile I’ll be speaking with Suzzy Roche of the Roches, and her daughter, singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche. You can subscribe to this show wherever you get podcasts to make sure you hear new episodes as soon as they are released, and catch up on previous shows you may have missed. Thanks for listening!The Mona Reels on IG: @themonareelsThe Mona Reels on Bandcamp: themonareels.bandcamp.com