*ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL*
WHERE: Third Room
WHEN: Thursday November 12, 2026
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
GENRE: progressive psychedelic rock
TICKETS: $12 adv. / $15 d.o.s.
Mono Means One:
WEBSITE: https://monomeansone.com
HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://johnferraramusic.bandcamp.com/album/creatures-of-symmetry
SEE A VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLqV_vwkUU
Bassist and composer John Ferrara (Consider the Source, Soloist) is thrilled to share his newest prog/jazz venture Mono Means One ! Their debut album , Listless Playthings of Enormous Forces, was created by transforming a yurt into a fully functioning recording studio over the course of only 2 days. Ferrara, keyboardist Isaac Young and drummer Rob Madore (both of PX3) holed up in this yurt at Lakeside Retreats in Raleigh NC, and created something truly unique and powerful. Following is a bit about the band and why this is the best ever album recorded. In a yurt....
Mono Means One is an instrumental progressive/psychedelic trio flooring audiences up and down the east coast thanks to incredible musicianship, mixed with moody tones and poignant melodies. Their debut album will consist of 8 tracks, and sounds somewhere between Radiohead, The Mars Volta and Medeski Martin and Wood. Their well-balanced mix of improvisation and composition mixed with a keen sense of juxtaposition serves to bring listeners to the brink of insanity and then back home to a serene homeostasis several times over. Audiences fall in love with the unique, blended layers of sound, often not knowing whether to dance or simply revel in awe at John’s seamless simultaneous integration of Taurus pedals and bass tapping technique, Rob’s explosive energy behind the drum set or Issac’s mastery on the keys and manipulating sounds..
The idea to record in a yurt was to break out of the studio setting and create in an environment where calm can exsit and creativity could flow. The result was even better than expected, with an emotionally potent and very unique sounding album with all members on their “A” game.
The album’s title, Listless Playthings Of Enormous Forces, is a reference from Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, about how agency is lost in war. This title also extends to spiritual freedom lost in todays world due to our obsession with phones, celebrities and all other things that large corporations would rather us focus , robbing us of purpose, dignity and essentially our humanity. John believes art should fight these forces and this album is a right hook to it!
Muscle Tough:
WEBSITE: https://muscletough.myshopify.com
HEAR SOME MUSIC: https://muscletough.bandcamp.com
SEE A VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSDpUMsQ4jA
Muscle Tough, Philadelphia’s premier Futuristic Funk Fusion trio, specializes in a heavily improvised blend of modal jazz, funk, and rocking psychedelia.
Their creative use of sound design and group-minded improvisation blurs the line between their originals and the quirky pop classics they stretch out on.
"Too Busy 4 Jail" (2025) is a testament to what happens when you combine road-hardened material with hi-fi studio magic. Mixed by Grammy-winning engineer John Davis at The Bunker Studio, Muscle Tough's kaleidoscopic approach has never sounded better, from in-your-face funk fusion to Pink Floyd-dosed jazz to straight-up polyrhythmic tech-metal.
"Goes to Hell" is a love letter to the band's improvisational chemistry. This live album is entirely improvised from start to finish, without edits – a myriad of nightmarish bliss, transcendental moods & true compositional telepathy on display.
With a revolving door of guests including members of Phish, MMW, Dopapod, Lotus, Snarky Puppy, and DJ Logic, along with a reputation for their sprawling late-night sets, Muscle Tough invites audiences around the world to GET TOUGH!
