With Monarch, Chris Antonik, the leading actor of this album, rounds up the two previous recording entitled Chris Antonik published in 2010 and Better For You appeared in 2013 In this new project Antonik shows his most significant strength, putting in value the undeniable quality and class of an artist who moves towards the future without forgetting the past With Monarch Chris Antonik covers every inch of the emotional blues landscape, thanks to his heartbreaking guitar playing which has been compared in several occasions with BB King or Eric Clapton by, at least, some of the so-called media specialists Together with his musicians Jesse O’Brien on keyboards, Guenther Kapelle on bass, Chuck Keeping on drums and Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar on backing vocals, Chris gives us a rocky, aggressive and visceral album, pulling out the tasty juice and the maximum benefit of his undeniable vocal and guitar qualities, that contribute to give life to a completely personal, passionate and reliable recording, performed with an amazing power and honesty