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“Pilgrimage Of The Soul” is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock legends MONO. Recorded and mixed - cautiously, anxiously, yet optimistically - with producer Steve Albini during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020. “Pilgrimage Of The Soul” is aptly named as it not only represents the peaks and valleys where the Tokyo based 4-piece band MONO are now as they enter their third decade, but also charts their long, steady journey to this time and place.

Continuing the subtle but profound creative progression in the MONO canon that began with “Nowhere Now Here” (2019), “Pilgrimage Of The Soul” is the most dynamic MONO album to date (and that’s saying a lot). Where MONO’s foundation was built on the well-established interplay of whisper quiet and devastatingly loud, “Pilgrimage Of The Soul” crafts its magic with mesmerizing new electronic instrumentation and textures, and - perhaps most notably - faster tempos that are clearly influenced by techno. It all galvanizes as the most unexpected MONO album to date - replete with surprises and as awash in splendor as anything this band has ever done.

MONO began in Japan at the end of the 20th century equally inspired by the pioneers of moody experimental rock (My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai) and iconic composers as Beethoven and Morricone. They have evolved into one of the most inspiring and influential experimental & instrumental rock bands in their own right. It is only fitting that their evolution has come at the glacial, methodical pace that their patient music demands. MONO is a band who puts serious value in nuance, and offers significant rewards for the wait.

Tracklisting:

1. Riptide
2. Imperfect Things
3. Heaven In A Wild Flower
4. To See A World
5. Innocence
6. The Auguries
7. Hold Infinity In The Palm Of Your Hand
8. And Eternity In An Hour