MONO Astounds With “Halo (Live From Electrical Audio)” from Before The Past
Winter Tour Announced
" Halo (Live From Electrical Audio)" – the first single from  Before The Past • Live From Electrical Audio –  is one of MONO's earliest and most enduring songs. This newly recorded version puts the song in Steve Albini’s hands for the first time, and has elevated "Halo" from an emotional, heart-tugging instrumental to a transcendentally cathartic and bombastic opus for the ages. 
MONO formed in Tokyo, Japan in the closing winter weeks of December, 1999. They played their first live shows at the top of the new millennium, and released their first album, Under The Pipal Tree , in 2001. Recorded live in one day on a razor-thin budget, Pipal Tree was an earnest introduction to the curious magic of a band that would eventually become synonymous with monstrously dynamic, contemporary classical rock music. To commemorate those austere beginnings – and celebrate their remarkable longevity – MONO revisit three of their earliest songs, and retrofit them with speaker-destroying upgrades. Anchored by the towering 16-minute noise opus, “Com(?)”, Before The Past • Live From Electrical Audio shows the evolution of MONO ’s execution, stripping away the strings and layers of guitar overdubs to show just how massive this band can be at their most instrumentally austere. Newly recorded in one day in 2019 with longtime collaborator, Steve Albini – and mixed by Albini with Temporary Residence founder, Jeremy deVine – Before The Past is as much a declaration of the present as it is a document of the past. These songs, which are now 20 years old, feel more powerful and profound than ever – a testament to MONO ’s enduring dedication to their craft, and their dogged exploration of maximum minimalism.


MONO
Before The Past • Live From Electrical Audio
November 8, 2019

TRACK LISTING
1. Com(?) (Live From Electrical Audio) 
2. L’America (Live From Electrical Audio)
3. Halo (Live From Electrical Audio) 

A limited number of Crystal Clear w/ Pink Smoke Colored Vinyl are available while supplies last.
MONO "Nowhere Now Here"
Winter Tour 2019
Nov 4 / The Crocodile / Seattle, WA * & ***
Nov 5 / The Imperial / Vancouver, BC *
Nov 6 / Revolution Hall / Portland, OR **
Nov 8 / Harlow’s / Sacramento, CA **
Nov 9 / The Regent Theatre / Los Angeles, CA ** (!)
Nov 10 / Starline Social Club / Oakland, CA **
Nov 13 / Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox / Denver, CO ***
Nov 14 / The Granada / Lawrence, KS ***
Nov 15 / Thalia Hall / Chicago, IL *** (!)
Nov 16 / Turf Club / St. Paul, MN ***
Nov 17 / The Pyramid Scheme / Grand Rapids, MI ***
Nov 19 / Lee's Palace / Toronto, ON ****
Nov 20 / The 27 Club / Ottawa, ON ***
Nov 22 / Space Ballroom / Hamden, CT ***
Nov 23 / Murmrr Theatre / Brooklyn, NY *** (!)
Nov 29 / Zorlu PSM / Istanbul, TU ^
Nov 30 / Rockstadt / Brasov, RO
Dec 1 / Aglomerat / Moscow, RU
Dec 2 / Atlas / Kiev, UA
Dec 4 / Roverstaden / Oslo, NO ^
Dec 5 / Pustervik / Gothenburg, SE ^
Dec 6 / Fryshuset Klubben / Stockholm, SE ^
Dec 7 / Lille Vega / Copenhagen, DK ^
Dec 8 / Mojo / Hamburg, DE ^
Dec 9 / Gebaude9 / Cologne, DE ^
Dec 10 / Doornroosje / Nijmegen, NL ^
Dec 11 / Botanique / Brussels, BE ^ 
Dec 12 / Le Petit Bain / Paris, FR ^
Dec 14 / Barbican Hall / London, UK (!!)

* = Support: Mamiffer
** = Support: The Album Leaf
*** = Support: Bell Witch
**** = Co-Headliner: Black Mountain

(!) = Special orchestra events "Beyond The Past: US" with The Platinum Anniversary Collective

^ = Support: Jo Quail

(!!) = Special event "Beyond The Past: UK" with The Platinum Anniversary Orchestra & special guests Alcest