Rising Aussie stars Monarchy have played the first ever gig transmitted into outer space, playing a futuristic set which included new single Love Get Out of my Way at Orlando’s Science Centre’s Planetarium.
Singer Ra Black and synth player Andrew Armstrong launched their self-titled debut album into the cosmos this week, for a PR stunt of intergalactic proportions.
Live performances are good for a space age spectacle with the lads often rising up from the floor at shows like astronauts ascending to the shuttle. Expect a strange, unearthly atmosphere live with the pyrotechnics going at full capacity and added lashings of dry ice.
The masked marvels have deliberately cultivated this otherworldly quality to create a certain mystique, and the lads revel in their alien stage identities.
Andrew explained, “When we launched Monarchy we had an image which obscured us a little bit and everybody went crazy, which was an interesting experiment, everyone assumed it was someone really big.â€
“We tapped into that and multiplied it by 10, and ended up at this point. We want people to have an imagination and be inspired.â€
Monarchy release their first single on July 26th.