Pilgrimage Of The Soul

Description

"Pilgrimage Of The Soul" is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock legends MONO. Recorded and mixed—carefully, anxiously, but optimistically—with producer Steve Albini at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic during the summer of 2020. "Pilgrimage Of The Soul" is aptly named, as it not only represents the peaks and valleys where the Tokyo-based four-piece MONO finds itself but also traces their long and steady journey to this point. Continuing the subtle yet 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 (which is saying something). While MONO's foundations lay in the well-established interplay between whispered silence and devastating noise, "Pilgrimage Of The Soul" crafts its magic with enchanting new electronic instrumentation and textures, and—perhaps most notably—faster tempos clearly influenced by techno. The sum total proves to be MONO's most unexpected album yet—full of surprises and as awash in splendor as anything the band has ever done.