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You’ll hear traces of everyone from Radiohead to Flaming Lips, Deerhoof and Julian Lynch in John’s slanted, textured, atmospheric, strange, beautiful and illogically melodic art-pop songs. But the way he pieces together his mosaics of outward experiences and inward reflections and revelations, always mindful of never entering a comfort zone, is singularly his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A lot of my songs seem to start as a sort of exercise or challenge,” John comments. It’s a philosophy he extends to his live shows too, which can range from standard full four-piece live band or solo acoustic gigs, to VHS video performances, which see John wander around the room promenade style with a microphone, dressed in a kind of superhero costume, giving strange votive offerings to audience members and singing along to audio-visual versions of songs beamed onto a projector screen. They’re as much performance art pieces as traditional concerts, and they’re like nothing you’ve ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf his decision to release \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKillmens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e on International Men’s Day, John comments: “I’m looking to admit to then destroy basic masculinity so more people can form better, complex and nuanced social-identities. Basically I just want to troll some men’s rights activists.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADDENDUM: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe vinyl edition of \u003cem\u003eKillmens\u003c\/em\u003e contains a hidden QR code in the artwork, which takes listeners to a secret page on Monoganon’s website. To commemorate the fact that literally ZERO people discovered this QR code, Lost Map are releasing a limited edition cassette tape version of the album on International Men’s Day 2018. 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