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When Mono recorded their previous album, OATH, withlongtime production partner and friend, Steve Albini in 2023,they never fathomed that it would be the final studio albumthey made together. Albini tragically died the following year,and that loss left an incalculable void in the lives of not justeveryone who ever knew Steve, but everyone with anattachment to any of the thousands of records he helpedbring into world over the past four decades. He brought aclarity to the chaos, and a selfless sense of service to art andartists that was unrivaled. On both a personal and practicallevel, the loss left Mono faced with profound grief anduncertainty. Albini had become a fundamental part ofMono's unmistakable sound, and the thought of replacinghim was daunting, to say the least. Enter: Brad Wood(Touché Amoré, The Smashing Pumpkins).Chosen for both his familiarity with Mono's creative andtechnical working process - as well as his decades-longfriendship with Steve Albini - Brad Wood entered Albini'sstoried Electrical Audio studios in September 2025 to recordwhat would become Snowdrop. Once again working withChicago-based conductor and orchestral musical director,Chad McCullough, Mono enlisted a 10-piece orchestra aswell as an 8-piece choir for the eight massive pieces thatmake up Snowdrop. With the band performing and Woodrecording in the same hallowed space where most ofMono's records had been made in their quarter-centuryhistory, the songs on Snowdrop carry an extra weight. Mixedby Wood at his Seagrass home studio in Los Angeles, thealbum is equally intimate and enveloping.Where there could easily be a pall hanging over Snowdrop,there is instead an extraordinary air of gratitude. Rather thansteep in heartache, there is a poignant appreciation for theresonance of life well-spent with a dear friend - and theyearning for what may come. Snowdrop is the sound of aband turning shock and sadness into hope and wonder - andfinding renewed focus in the freedom of unknowing.
Temporary Residence Mono - Snowdrop
When Mono recorded their previous album, OATH, withlongtime production partner and friend, Steve Albini in 2023,they never fathomed that it would be the final studio albumthey made together. Albini tragically died the following year,and that loss left an incalculable void in the lives of not justeveryone who ever knew Steve, but everyone with anattachment to any of the thousands of records he helpedbring into world over the past four decades. He brought aclarity to the chaos, and a selfless sense of service to art andartists that was unrivaled. On both a personal and practicallevel, the loss left Mono faced with profound grief anduncertainty. Albini had become a fundamental part ofMono's unmistakable sound, and the thought of replacinghim was daunting, to say the least. Enter: Brad Wood(Touché Amoré, The Smashing Pumpkins).Chosen for both his familiarity with Mono's creative andtechnical working process - as well as his decades-longfriendship with Steve Albini - Brad Wood entered Albini'sstoried Electrical Audio studios in September 2025 to recordwhat would become Snowdrop. Once again working withChicago-based conductor and orchestral musical director,Chad McCullough, Mono enlisted a 10-piece orchestra aswell as an 8-piece choir for the eight massive pieces thatmake up Snowdrop. With the band performing and Woodrecording in the same hallowed space where most ofMono's records had been made in their quarter-centuryhistory, the songs on Snowdrop carry an extra weight. Mixedby Wood at his Seagrass home studio in Los Angeles, thealbum is equally intimate and enveloping.Where there could easily be a pall hanging over Snowdrop,there is instead an extraordinary air of gratitude. Rather thansteep in heartache, there is a poignant appreciation for theresonance of life well-spent with a dear friend - and theyearning for what may come. Snowdrop is the sound of aband turning shock and sadness into hope and wonder - andfinding renewed focus in the freedom of unknowing.
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