MONO stream the second film/single »Innocence« taken from their eleventh full-length album »Pilgrimage Of The Soul«

MONO stream new music video for the second single »Innocence« taken from their eleventh full-length album, »Pilgrimage Of The Soul«, out on September 17th, 2021 via Pelagic Records, Temporary Residence Ltd. and New Noise China.

Followed by the first film/single »Riptide«, Japanese instrumental rock band MONO introduces the album further with the second film/single »Innocence«, recorded during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020. A film by Alison Group.

The band comments: “We’re excited to release our 2nd film and single »Innocence«, taken from the new album »Pilgrimage Of The Soul« out September 17. The film was once again directed and edited beautifully by the Spanish film collective Alison Group.

Coinciding with this release, we’re also excited to announce our new North American tour. See the full world tour schedule and their respective info alongside the video on YouTube.”

Tracklist:
01. Riptide
02. Imperfect Things
03. Heaven In A Wild Flower
04. To See A World
05. Innocence
06. The Auguries
07. Hold Infinity In The Palm Of Your Hand
08. And Eternity In An Hour

From Pelagic Records:

»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 – 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 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). But 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 disco and 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 as a young band equally inspired by the pioneers of moody experimental rock (My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai) and iconic Classical composers (Beethoven, Morricone) who came before them. They have evolved into one of the most inspiring and influential experimental 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.

»Pilgrimage Of The Soul« is scheduled for September 17, 2021 release on LP, CD and digital: https://smarturl.it/mono-pots

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well