{"product_id":"mono_hymn-to-the-immortal-wind_2024","title":"Hymn To The Immortal Wind","description":"Reissue of the colossal Hymn To The Immortal Wind, the fifth studio album by MONO released in 2009, which celebrated the ten years of activity of the post-rock band from Tokyo. After touring almost non-stop for five years, the band hibernated for over a year to focus solely on writing this record. Written and arranged in a spirit of hope and romance, the songs flow like the chapters of an epic love story. The music is naturally majestic, with MONO's characteristic wall of sound beautifully crashing over the largest chamber orchestra the band has ever assembled. The instrumentation is vast, incorporating strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel, and tympani in their usual setup. Recorded on analog tape with long-time friend and producer Steve Albini, the intimacy captured here is both beautiful and a little terrifying. The creaking of old wooden chairs as the orchestra sways in its seat (both literally and figuratively), the pinched lips rolling along the flutes, and even the conductor's opening signal can be heard during the hauntingly quiet sections. While Hymn To The Immortal Wind continues to exploit the cinematic drama inherent in all of MONO's music, the dynamic shifts now cast more shadow than light, rather than silence to noise. The maturity required to balance these elements so masterfully has become MONO's greatest virtue. For fans of Explosions In The Sky, James Horner, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Grails, Beethoven.","brand":"MONO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58542297907544,"sku":null,"price":23648396.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0656605314822.jpg?v=1790117002","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/mono_hymn-to-the-immortal-wind_2024","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}