Oath

Description

Discover Oath, the new album by MONO celebrating their 25th anniversary! Japanese instrumental rock veterans MONO are back with "Oath", their 12th album, offering contemporary classical orchestration and transcendent, genre-defying indie soundscapes, the culmination of a career spanning over four decades. Recorded and mixed with their longtime friend and collaborator Steve Albini, "Oath" opens like a sunrise with an orchestra and brass section slowly rising, the band taking its time to revel in the atmosphere before joining the splendor. Throughout the album's 71 minutes, MONO meditates on the theme of time and life past, present, future. The quiet evolution of their songs, a hallmark of MONO's catalog, is imbued with an elegance that propels "Oath" to new heights. Embarking on an existential examination in which everyone can find themselves, MONO returns with an album offering thoughtful reflection rather than fleeting respite.