MONO Share An Excerpt Of New Track Recoil, Ignite From Forthcoming Album Rays Of Darkness

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MONO have just shared the first taste of Rays Of Darkness, the second of two albums the Japanese experimental rock band are releasing in October. The track, Recoil, Ignite is arguably the heaviest instrumental excursion the quartet have ever laid to tape, indicative of the minor key tone of the album’s theme, the converse of the The Last Dawn, the other album the band is releasing the same day.

An excerpt from Recoil, Ignite can be heard below. The full track clocks in at just over thirteen minutes.

The albums – entitled The Last Dawn and Rays Of Darkness – were recorded simultaneously, although they are, creatively and conceptually, worlds apart. They are two sides to a story, but they remain hand in hand. Themes that have permeated MONO’s previous output are revisited through the conjoined albums: hope and hopelessness, love and loss, immense joy and unspeakable pain.

The Last Dawn and Rays Of Darkness were recorded in May 2014, in Pennsylvania, USA, produced by MONO and engineered by Fred Weaver. The artwork for both albums was created by acclaimed, Michigan based, illustrator, Pat Perry.

The albums will be available via Pelagic Records on October 24th (GAS) / October 27th (UK + Rest of Europe). Pre-orders for both albums are now available for both CD and vinyl versions via the Pelagic Records webstore.

Mono 'The Last Dawn' & 'Rays Of Darkness' Vinyl & CD

The tour dates for MONO‘s European tour are as follows:

Tuesday November 18 – PL – Warsaw,Hydrozagadka
Thursday, November 20 – BY – Minsk, Re:Public
Friday, November 21 – LV – Riga, Gertrudes Ielas Teatris
Saturday, November 22 – RU – Moscow,16 Tons
Sunday, November 23 – RU – St Petersburg, Mod
Monday, November 24 – FIN – Helsinki, Tavastia
Wednesday, November 26 – SE – Stockholm, Debaser Slussen
Thursday, November 27 – NO – Oslo, John Dee
Saturday, November 29 – DK – Copenhagen, Loppen
Sunday, November 30 – DK – Aalborg, Studenterhuset
Monday, December 01 – DE – Hamburg, Hafenklang
Tuesday, December 02 – NL – Groningen, Vera
Wednesday, December 03 – BE – Brugge, MAZ
Thursday, December 04 – NL – Haarlem, Patronaat
Saturday, December 06 – UK – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Sunday, December 07 – UK – Glasgow, Stereo
Monday, December 08 – IRE – Dublin, Whelans
Wednesday, December 10 – UK – London, Islington Assembly Hall
Thursday, December 11- FR – Paris, Trabendo
Saturday, December 13 – DE – Berlin, Pelagic festival
Sunday, December 14 – DE – Koln, Gebaeude9
Monday, December 15 – DE – Karlsruhe, Jubez
Tuesday, December 16 – DE – Munich, Feierwerk
Wednesday, December 17 – CZ – Prague, Podnik
Thursday December 18 – DE – Dresden, Beatpol

MONO are:
Takaakira “Taka” Goto (guitar)
Tamaki (bass, piano)
Yoda (guitar)
Yasunori Takada (drums)

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Source: Pioneer Music Press