《Pilgrimage of the Soul》是日本实验摇滚传奇乐队MONO 22年职业生涯中的第11张录音室专辑。在2020年夏天疫情最严重的时候，这张专辑记录了当时人们的谨慎、焦虑和乐观。Pilgrimage of the Soul（灵魂的朝圣）这个名字应运而生，它不仅代表了MONO即将进入第三个十年的高峰和低谷，也描绘了这个漫长又平稳的音乐旅程。延续了MONO《Nowhere Now Here》专辑变幻微妙又意义深刻的创作风格，《Pilgrimage of the Soul》是迄今为止MONO最具活力的专辑。但是MONO的创作基础依然是建立在安静低语和爆发声响相互作用之上，《Pilgrimage of the Soul》用新电子乐器的音色和纹理，以及更快速的节奏，创造出了独一无二的魔力，这也是受到了迪斯科和舞曲的影响。这是MONO迄今为止最出人意料的专辑——充满了惊喜，像MONO过往的经历一样辉煌。
Pilgrimage of the Soul is the 11th studio album in the 22-year career of Japanese experimental rock legends, MONO. Recorded and mixed – cautiously, anxiously, yet optimistically – during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, Pilgrimage of the Soul is aptly named as it not only represents the peaks and valleys where MONO are now as they enter their third decade, but also charts their long, steady journey to this time and place.
Continuing the subtle but profound creative progression in the MONO canon that began with Nowhere Now Here (2019), Pilgrimage of the Soul is the most dynamic MONO album to date (and that’s saying a lot). But where MONO’s foundation was built on the well-established interplay of whisper quiet and devastatingly loud, Pilgrimage of the Soul crafts its magic with mesmerizing new electronic instrumentation and textures, and – perhaps most notably – faster tempos that are clearly influenced by disco and techno. It all galvanizes as the most unexpected MONO album to date – replete with surprises and as awash in splendor as anything this band has ever done.