Much in the manner a devotional feline will proudly massacre vermin, leaving it's sacrificial remains to fetter your hallway carpet, we bring you Madonnatron. From humble yet auspicious beginnings, arising unabashed from the mists of the Thames, they have thwarted reasonable doubt with limited knowledge of their instruments and two fingers at convention.
Having moved forwards emotionally from the wilds of dystopian stalking and associated hobbies on their first album, Madonnatron have instead been found frolicking through the green pastures of gangsta pimps, Hindu God wars, Cyber men invasion, loveless nightclub hook-ups, modern Italian Nabokov, and revered screen goddess Elizabeth Taylor. Think of them as post-punk lab rats in the Secrets Of Nimh, feasting dubiously on back-dated episodes of Top Of The Pops. With notorious roaring guitars, chanting vocals and rabid drums they audibly glow in the dark, are strong-armed, and will probably bite you. Musica Alla Puttanesca.
Their atmospheric, raw, and confrontational live shows carry a sonic force that by turns will make you weep, cross yourselves, and weep again. In the last couple of years, Madonnatron delivered a successful UK headline tour; supported The Moonlandingz, PINS and The Black Lips; featured on the line up at Green Man, Manchester Psych Fest & Ritual Union; played two live sessions for Marc Riley on BBC6Music and one for John Kennedy on Radio X; and toured with Trashmouth Records and label mates Meatraffle. Their eponymously-titled first record released in July 2017 elicited excellent reviews, featuring in Mojo, Q and The Quietus - appearing at no.22 on tQ’s top 100 albums of the year and in their top 50 singles of 2017 - as well as gaining top album status in many independent music blogs across the world.
"Songs that will make you dance and sing along while you feel the seedy, swirling force" – 4/5 Mojo
"They are funny and deadly serious, chaotic and fully focused, and making ace records" – ‘The Lead Review’, The Quietus
"The songs of the sirens, ready to pull you to your doom whilst having an absolute ball on the way. A testament to their current strength and future potential" – 8/10 Louder Than War
"The resulting album blisters with brilliance" – The Line Of Best Fit
"If Madonnatron was an amplifier, it would be a mutha of a Krell beater, a class A with plenty of power in reserve. Better than Led Zeppelin" - Zsa Zsa Sapien of Meatraffle
"Like The Bangles on drugs"