With Look How the Sky Turns Blue, The Mondays step confidently into the spotlight, delivering a new album that feels like both a culmination and a reinvention. The South Australian indie-pop/alt-rock outfit, helmed by songwriter-producer Peter Spiniello and brought to life by bassist Mia Neale and drummer Tavis O-Hazy-Robertson, have been building momentum for years. Sold-out shows, national radio love, a feverishly loyal DIY following. But this album is where it all coheres. This is where The Mondays sound like they’ve arrived.

The record marks the band’s most ambitious and fully realized work to date, expanding their sonic boundaries without losing their signature glow. Spiniello’s fingerprints are everywhere with its writing, production, mixing, even the visual world built around the album, but the result doesn’t feel insular. Instead, it feels like the band is widening the horizon, pulling listeners into a fully formed universe where shimmering guitars meet sleek indie-pop production and the emotional core hits with refreshing sincerity.

Musically, Look How the Sky Turns Blue is a modern alt-pop statement, like a clear signpost for where indie rock may be headed as 2025 approaches. Lush, layered guitars give the record its warmth, while live bass adds the pulse and presence that separates their sound from more laptop-driven peers. The production is crisp, colorful, and intentionally spacious, allowing Spiniello’s hooks to shine without overloading the mix. There are flickers of vocal experimentation, subtle effects, and textural details that reward close listening, but the album remains grounded in melody above all.

Thematically, the record lives in the messy middle ground of relationships, between distance and connection, self-doubt and self-reflection, tension and tenderness. These songs exist in the present tense, tracing the slow, sometimes stumbling movement from overthinking into clarity. There’s an undeniable emotional arc to the album: a progression not toward perfection, but toward honesty. It’s a portrait of learning to communicate, to care, to stay open even when it feels risky.

Despite the sonic variety like its groovier tracks, heavier alt-rock edges, and airy indie-pop moments, everything feels connected by a shared vision for an incredibly cohesive listen! The Mondays aren’t interested in mimicking trends, they’re reimagining what their corner of indie rock can be. Their sound is sleek, expressive but never overwrought. It’s music built for both the sweaty closeness of their live sets and the late-night solitude of headphones.

Look How the Sky Turns Blue is more than a strong debut, it’s a defining moment for a band so clearly on the rise. They sound hungry, inspired, and entirely in command of their craft. We’re right at the ground floor of what this can be, and with a record like this, we’re already craving more! Go ahead and click those links below to listen in, follow along, and of course to stay tuned for more.

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The Mondays command their sound on new album, "Look How the Sky Turns Blue"