Psychedelic dark folk solo project The Mon by Urlo (Ufomammut) releases first album »Songs Of Abandon« of two-album series!
The Mon, psychedelic dark folk solo project by Ufomammut vocalist/bassist Urlo, stream his new album »Songs Of Abandon«, the first of two-album series »Embrace The Abandon«.
»Songs Of Abandon« was just released this Friday, November 7th, 2025 via Supernatural Cat Records.
Tracklist:
01. Smiling Dog
02. Two Stones
03. The Hidden Ghost
04. Hourglass
05. The Moon & The Devil
06. Mayhem
07. Little Bird
08. The Fluorescent Sand
09. Beautiful Star
10. Your Eyes
Courtesy of Audible Music:
Experience the new The Mon album »Songs Of Abandon« through sound, video and a track-by track run-through by Urlo HERE!
The Mon is the solo vision of Urlo, vocalist/bassist of the long-running Italian heavy-psychedelic trio Ufomammut, as well as the co-founder of the internationally renowned poster art collective Malleus Rock Art Lab and of the independent label Supernatural Cat.
His new project is »Embrace The Abandon« and structured in two complementary chapters – »Songs Of Abandon« and »Songs Of Embrace« – the project depicts a journey of duality: loss and surrender on one side, acceptance and rebirth on the other. After three singles and accompanying animated videos created by Malleus Rock Art Lab, The Mon releases the first chapter »Songs Of Abandon« today, November 7th 2025.
Photo by Francesca De Franceschi Manzoni
Urlo states on »Songs Of Abandon«:
“It’s time to let go of »Songs Of Abandon«, finally released. I’m truly happy and a little overwhelmed. Every time a record is revealed to the world, the thought that someone out there will listen to it, that it might become part of someone’s life, is a deeply moving feeling.
I hope »Songs Of Abandon« gets what it deserves. It’s a very important record for me, born in a moment of solitude and reflection, a chapter of my life that I wanted to capture through music.
Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for being part of this journey.”
Urlo and The Mon will play a handful of shows following the release, before embarking on an European spring tour with Italian artist kariti in March and April 2026.
The Mon live 2025/2026
30.11.25 – Circolo Gagarin, Busto Arsizio (IT)
09.12.25 – HD Rock & Metalbar, Dresden (DE)
10.12.25 – Neue Zukunft, Berlin (DE) w/OvO
11.12.25 – Arena, Wien (AT) w/kariti
European Tour with kariti:
18.03.26 – Mochvara, Zagreb (HR)
24.03.26 – Hühnermanhattan *Deep Sound City*, Halle (DE)
26.03.26 – Lygtens Kro, Copenhagen (DK)
27.03.26 – Lilla Nalen, Stockholm (SWE)
28.03.26 – Mausoleum Vigeland, Oslo (NO)
31.03.26 – Stumpf, Hannover (DE)
01.04.26 – The Pit’s, Kortrijk (BE)
02.04.26 – Chapel of Our Lady Of Fever, Leuven (BE)
03.04.26 – Effenaar at ‘t Rozenknopje, Eindhoven (NL)
04.04.26 – TBA, Utrecht (NL)
05.04.26 – P8, Karlsruhe (DE)
Where Ufomammut projects massive, otherworldly soundscapes, The Mon offers a more vulnerable and introspective experience. The music moves through shadowy electronic landscapes, ambient textures, and hypnotic dark folk, always guided by an emotional core that searches for meaning, balance, and transformation.
The name The Mon evokes several layers of meaning: a contraction of “demon,” “monk,” and the Japanese word 門 (mon, meaning “gate”), a symbolic passage toward altered states of consciousness and inner truth. This duality of light and dark, sacred and profane, runs through the entire project.
The first chapter of The Mon’s »Embrace The Abandon« is »Songs Of Abandon«, perhaps the most intimate and vulnerable work Urlo has ever created. Born in a moment of solitude and personal darkness, the album originated from a radical exercise: writing one song a day, for nine consecutive days, using only acoustic guitar and voice. Later, these sketches were shaped into fully realized tracks, with lyrics and subtle layers of sound – not to overwhelm, but to underline the fragile, raw atmosphere that pervades them. The result is a stripped-down, emotionally charged collection that embodies an inner search: the power of music as a tool to face abandonment, to dig into oneself, and ultimately to glimpse the possibility of an embrace.
»Songs Of Abandon« was written, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Urlo at The Howl, Italy, between 2023 and 2025, and as with all Supernatural Cat releases, completed with artwork by the Malleus Rock Art Collective.
With »Embrace The Abandon«, The Mon reaffirms itself as one of the most personal and uncompromising projects. It is a body of work that fuses vulnerability and strength, speaking directly to the listener with sincerity, leading them through shadow towards light. An intimate yet powerful sound experience, intertwining the minimalism of acoustic folk with the dark, visionary tension that has always defined Urlo’s artistic path.
The second chapter, »Songs Of Embrace«, is an instrumental counterpart – darker, ambient, and ritualistic – and it will be unveiled in the Spring of 2026.
»Songs Of Abandon« is released digitally, on CD, and on vinyl – with both a standard LP pressing and a limited pressing of 100 copies – on November 7th 2025, and all formats are available at the Supernatural Cat webshop HERE.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well