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- Artist(s): Takaakira "Taka" Goto, Yoda, Dahm
- Summary: The 12th full-length studio release from Japanese instrumental band Mono was mixed and recorded by Steve Albini.
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- Record Label: Temporary Residence
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Instrumental Rock, Japanese Rock
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Jun 28, 2024On Oath, Mono's seemingly disparate, trademark elements create a universe of sound and emotion to completely immerse oneself in for a moment, an hour, or a lifetime.
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Jun 28, 2024Oath is an unplanned epitaph for an artistic collaboration that produced life-giving work over the course of two decades. Though entirely wordless, it is difficult to imagine a more fitting tribute.
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UncutJun 28, 2024Mono are masters of the emotionally saturated slow build, though they have their own variations on the dark/light dynamic, as in “Reflection”, which moves with a casually graceful swing, and “Holy Winter”, where an upright-piano motif shapes the celestial whole. [Jul 2024, p.38]
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Jun 28, 2024While it offers clear highlights—“Run On,” “Holy Winter,” and “Time Goes By” feel like hallmark songs—its loud-quiet-loud pattern is predictable. This is well-trod territory for MONO, never reaching the emotional heights and cerebral intensity of Hymn to the Immortal Wind, the surprising instrumentation or disco-like drums of Pilgrimage of the Soul, or the more nuanced thematic play of the Dante-inspired Requiem for Hell.