A very happy New Release Day to MONO and their 12th studio album, OATH!
About OATH, Takaakira Goto says “This is the last original studio album that we made with our beloved partner Steve Albini, with whom we have worked together for 22 years. A huge thank you to everyone who supports us.”
A treat for European fans, MONO will return for an anniversary tour featuring strings and brass at all performances worldwide. “OATH” 25th Anniversary Orchestral Tour, is bound to be another monumental mark for the band’s storied history, and is set to start in Europe in October. More will be announced soon, and the setlist will consist of the new album, OATH, in its entirety.
Available now on CD, LP, Digital, Limited Edition Metallic Gold Colored Vinyl (TRL Mail Order Exclusive), and Cloudy Sky Colored Vinyl (Indie Record Store Exclusive)!
Beak>, the trio of Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller and Will Young, surprise-released their fourth album today. We talked to the band about the record, its many amazing bass lines, dogs, playing the album in full on their upcoming tour, plus Portishead, Steve Albini, Low, not dwelling on the past, and more.
Read the interview and listen to Beak>’s new album (which is fantastic) at the link in our bio
A very Happy Release Day and half moon phase to Selene, the elegant new collaborative album by Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English.
Selene is a record about this lingering desire for that which sits beyond. It is work that seeks new perspectives snatched from familiar vistas, and it meditates on that sense of anchor and perspective. The work is also a speculative hymn to the visions of the celestial zones that spill ever outward. These visions, once merely what we could perceive with the naked eye are now so much more. Our mind’s eye is fed in equal parts by radio telecopy, filmic dreams and fiction renders of a place most of us will never know first-hand.
Available now on CD, LP, Digital, and Limited Edition Cloudy White Colored Vinyl!
MONO spoke with Bandcamp about their 25 years of existence. Read about select record picks from their vast, storied catalog.
“My original vision was just to form an incredibly loud, beautiful, and powerful guitar band and play as many shows as possible,” says bandleader Takaakira “Taka” Goto. “In that sense, nothing has changed.”
✍🏽: John Hill
Waves ripple in a reflecting pool 🌀 Released in 2009, William Basinski’s Vivian & Ondine LP is a poignant, slow motion blur. Dedicated to the birth of two new family members, each born on a warm summer day, the piece extends for 45 minutes, looping in and out of time, softly unveiling extraordinary new worlds.
Come see Basinski LIVE at Reflections this fall, where he’ll premiere a new work for manipulated tape loops recorded at Arcadia, his old Brooklyn studio. Flore Laurentienne opens with a stunning piece for string quartet and analog synth. Tix avail now at our 🔗 in bio.
WILLIAM BASINSKI
~ Arcadia Archive Tour ~
☁️ San Francisco – Fri 9/13
☁️ Seattle – Fri 9/20
☁️ Portland – Sat 9/21
☁️ NYC – Fri 11/1
↳ all dates w/ @florelaurentienne_
⁛ Poster art by @kazuhiro_aihara
Lilacs & Champagne are throwing a Bandcamp listening party for “FANTASY WORLD” at 2pm CDT on JULY 10th >> the link is up in our bios & Alex and Emil will be prepared to spill a few secrets and expose their ugly bits✨👠✨ The party runs for the length the album plays,, and a real-time chatroom will commence at 2pm (Chicago Time) while we’re on the way to the Grails show at the Empty Bottle🍇👨🏻🎨🍇 See you there!
FANTASY WORLD is out on July 19th on @tempresltd 💥🦅💥
ICYMI! The Big Man Upstairs is out wherever you listen to music. We love this song, it's the softer side of a very rockin’ record coming your way in September. Wanted to also give a shoutout to Peter Gray and Radical Times archive who very graciously let us use their footage to tell this story about one of Brisbane’s big men. You can watch the whole video on youtube now 🙏
Akira Kosemura shared his studio set-up, spoke about gear, spatial and environmental inspirations in composing, and how music can be a form of rehab.
“I realized that the human sense of hearing did not perceive all sounds and there are much more unconsciously excluded sounds in the world.”
Give a read and check out his studio on @headphonecommute 🎹
4 weeks ago today (Tuesday May 28th), @beakbristol released their 4th studio album ‘>>>>’
It was decided between the band and label that we would “drop” the album without any prior announcement, nor advance singles or teasers.
The plan was simple and straight forward. BEAK> have a new record out , if you’re into it & want to check it out - that’s great, it it’s not your thing that’s also fine .
4 weeks on - we’re fully aware there are supply issues . Meaning the demand for the vinyl has surpassed the supply. But this is being rectified as I type this post . Stock is due imminently & we already have more lined up after this next batch .
We’d like to thank every one that’s got behind the record , written nice words , spread the news, bought the record , listened to the record & enjoyed the record. It’s been a great 4 weeks & if you can’t get your hands on a copy currently - don’t worry you will get one very soon .
Thank you everyone for your support 👊🏼
Invada Records
Photo & art credit : @hollinjonesphoto@marc_bessant_design
Despite this oppressive heat wave, we are absolutely euphoric to announce that the mighty Party Dozen are BACK! The Australian out-rock duo of saxophonist Kirsty Tickle and percussionist Jonathan Boulet return with a new album, Crime In Australia – the follow-up to their international breakthrough, The Real Work (2022).
Crime In Australia showcases a group absolutely unafraid to explore their “many dumb ideas” and as a result going places that are thrilling, visceral, face-melting, surprisingly danceable, and frequently ridiculous (often all at the same time).
Sink your eyes into the radical Australian punk history lesson that is the video for first single, “The Big Man Upstairs.” Pre-order Crime In Australia in many formats and variants, including a super special Limited Edition Opaque Tan version housed in a linocut jacket that’s been hand-printed by Party Dozen’s own human hands! It’s all quite rare and limited, so snap it up now if good things are your thing.
Beak’s Geoff Barrow spoke with Post-Trash about pets, how his past informs his current works, collaborating with filmmakers, and Beak>’s approach to writing and releasing their incredible new album, >>>>. One of the funniest interviews we’ve read all year. Essential reading!
✍🏽 by @Benji Heywood
We are excited to announce MONO’s return to the USA! To celebrate the band's 25th anniversary, the will embark on a very special and limited run of orchestral ensemble shows in Chicago, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles – all featuring a 12-piece orchestra!
The tour, OATH 25th Anniversary Orchestral Tour, is bound to be another monumental mark for the band’s history and is set to start in Europe in October, then in Asia November and USA in December. The setlist will consist of the new album in its entirety.
MONO 25th Anniversary “OATH” Orchestral Tours
US TOUR PRESALE ON NOW
PASSWORD: OATH
ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 21 10AM LOCAL
United States (ft. 12-Piece Orchestra)
Dec 10 / Chicago IL / Thalia Hall
Dec 12 / Brooklyn NY / Pioneer Works
Dec 14 / Los Angeles CA / Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Tickets are linked in bio.
Presented by @groundcontroltouring
Poster by Ogino Design
OATH is out now!
