Portland trio Minmae returns with their eighth full-length! Monstre features 11 songs of esoteric riddles buried in song; therapy for the weary traveler grasping for comprehension in an incomprehensible world. Beautiful melodies layered under stark entropic lyricism make Monstre an album that leaves the listener thinking as much drinking...Minmae has been evolving artistically since its inception. The band rose out of the ashes of Sean Brooks" previous group Thee Psychic Hearts in 1998, with an initial 4-track recording that fell somewhere between the sampling and lo-fi singer/songwriter genres. Once Josh Kempa and Chris Calvert were established as full-time members, the sound began to grow fuller and the recordings more frequent. Each release holds its own place on the sonic spectrum, from deconstructive noise to melodic folk-pop. Last year"s I"d Be Scared, Were You Still Burning was Minmae"s first release on Portland"s Greyday Records, and received much national acclaim.