Monkey minds in the devil's time

"If Monkey Minds begins as another intensely introspective exercise, it gradually blossoms into something else entirely: over 20 sprawling but strategically stitched tracks, its temperament veers from solipsistic to altruistic, charting Mason's transformation from a man too insecure to leave his room, to one who can no longer ignore the injustices transpiring outside his window".

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"Steve Mason is realizing his musical vision confidently, typified by the jump between the rather moving sampling of Brazilian commentary from a glorious Ayrton Senna lap, complete with soaring engines ("The Last of the Heroes"), to the pained yet undoubtedly uplifting, piano-led gospel of "Lonely."".

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