My enjoyment of old Hooverphonic lead me to recommendations of Mono. However, at close listen Formica Blues proved to be too mediocre to enter my collection. Most songs sound too contrived to float, and (yawn) I wasn't impressed with the inarticulate composition nor musicianship. Their fleeting glimpse of aural brilliance and fame on "Life in Mono" is available on single, so I happily purchased that instead.