“This Dirt Loves Me More Than You”, MonoNeon offers wildly playful and totally heartfelt homemade jams… an earthy, funk-soaked meditation on identity, family and God. Self-produced and unmistakably MonoNeon, the album leans into the singer/songwriter-bassist’s signature blend of introspective lyrics, ‘outsider art’ keyboard harmonies and left-field humor… revealing a deeply personal core

Family voices are central to the album’s emotional weight. “Soul Deposit,” featuring Grandma Liz and Momma Neon, plays like a spiritual conversation set to bass in a southern-soul universe… blending generational wisdom with MonoNeon’s off-center funk. Grandma Liz’s voice becomes a recurring anchor throughout the record, on the hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” where her and MonoNeon transform the hymn into a avant-funk benediction. On “Human,” MonoNeon and Grandma Liz underscores a theme of vulnerability in a microtonal universe.  On the song “Better Days Are Coming,” MonoNeon channels a strain of deep Southern funk that feels rooted in the Memphis dirt. Grandma Liz’s gives the song it’s Southern soul testimony and hump… less wishing it and more trusting it. 

“This Dirt Loves Me More Than You” album… like all of MonoNeon’s art… is a personal statement quilted in deep funk… with MonoNeon always honoring his family and spiritual grounding while staying iconoclastic. MonoNeon creates a record that’s experimental and comforting. It’s a reminder that sometimes the deepest love and understanding your true self comes from the roots you were born on… and MonoNeon constantly builds on those roots.

Listen to the album: HERE