PILGRIMAGE OF THE SOUL

Mono

Post Rock/Math rock

4.07 | 17 ratings

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MONO releases its 12th studio album, how time flies for this Japanese combo that flirts between a SIGUR ROS and an EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, offering its very distinct musical soul from now on.

'Riptide' with its icy intro, fluffy post rock, just before the musical explosion; we find the MONO which has abandoned the post for the aggressive heavy post rock, the one which raises your hairs, which puts you in the center of a Homeric battle scene with the sulfateuse in front. 'Imperfect Things' with a bewitching dreamlike crescendo. 'Heaven in a Wild Flower' basic piano intro, dark, dark and intimate climate, taking, beyond melancholy; the trumpet refers to the classic instrumentation of the SIGUR ROS at their departures. 'To See a World' mot�e in the same vein. 'Innocence' is the title with an oppressive atmosphere, drum roll and weeping guitars, giving off a soft spleen sound at the start, strident and greasy at will halfway through for the dreamlike flight. The finale in a sumptuous decrescendo. 'The Auguries' announcing the end of the album, before the end of time for the invading basic post rock spleen with a disproportionate crescendo. 'Hold Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand' with this sound seeming to come from beyond precisely; the 12-minute river title allowing itself a two-step rise to reinforce the post effect; when it starts hang on it's until the end, we see the hands pass in front of the strings of the guitars, without end; hair-raising finish. 'And Eternity in an Hour' for the finale, piano arpeggio accompanied by strings for a sound of rest after the violent cacophonous jousting; it's beautiful, serene, basic and it shows the classic side of the band without the electrification.

MONO continues throughout albums to offer us beautiful musical pieces with dark climates where the delicacy of the notes juggles with the musical malmstrom; a simply magnificent album which shows that the group has evolved over the years.

alainPP | 4/5 | 2022-8-2

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