MONO have announced the release of their new album, Pilgrimage of the Soul, and it will be out on September 17th via Temporary Residence Ltd / Pelagic Records. The new album was recorded and mixed with Steve Albini during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The band have also shared a new single “Riptide” and its video/film by Alison Group. Listen to it and watch the video for it below:
Pilgrimage of the Soul is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock band. 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.
Pilgrimage of the Soul artwork & tracklist:
1. Riptide
2. Imperfect Things
3. Heaven in a Wild Flower
4. To See a World
5. Innocence
6. The Auguries
7. Hold Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand
8. And Eternity in an Hour
MONO “Pilgrimage of the Soul” European Tour 2022
(Special guest: A.A. Williams)
Feb 10 / NO Oslo / Jakob
Feb 11 / SE Stockholm / Sodra Teatern
Feb 12 / DK Copenhagen / Pumpehuset
Feb 13 / DE Hamburg / Uebel & Gefahrlich
Feb 14 / DE Berlin / Hole 44
Feb 15 / DE Cologne / Luxor
Feb 16 / CH Zurich / Mascotte
Feb 17 / CH Bulle / Ebullition
Feb 18 / FR Toulouse / Le Rex
Feb 19 / FR Biarritz / Atabal
Feb 21 / PT Porto / Hard Club
Feb 22 / PT Lisbon / LAV
Feb 23 / ES Seville / Custom
Feb 24 / ES Murcia / Garaj
Feb 25 / ES Madrid / Shoko
Feb 26 / ES Barcelona / Apollo 2
Feb 28 / FR Besancon / L’Antonnoir
Mar 1 / FR Paris / Trabendo
Mar 2 / BE Antwerp / Zappa
Mar 3 / FR Lille / Aeronef
Mar 4 / UK London / Lafayette
Mar 5 / UK London / EartH
Mar 8 / UK Glasgow / St. Luke’s
Mar 9 / UK Leeds / City Varieties
MONO Festivals 2022
Jun 18 / FR Clisson / Hellfest 2022
Aug 18 / UK Bristol / ArcTanGent 2022