Monuments announce new album ‘Phronesis’

July 23, 2018 James Weaver

MONUMENTS have announced a brand new album!

Titled Phronesis, the upcoming effort is the third full-length record from the intercontinental quintet and is scheduled to be released in October this year!

Phronesis was self-produced by the band and was finally recorded between March and July of this year in various studios throughout the world: while guitars and bass were recorded by Jim Pinder (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MACHINE HEAD, WHILE SHE SLEEPS) at Treehouse Studios in Derbyshire, UK the drums were played, recorded, tracked and engineered by Anup Sastry (ex-SKYHARBOR). Chris Barretto recorded his vocals with Cristian Machado (ILL NINO) at Soundwars Studios, NJ, USA, then everything was mixed and mastered by Joel Wanasek at JTW Music, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

Speaking about the upcoming record, the band says, “the word Phronesis was a big part of society and philosophy in ancient Greece. Phronesis is wisdom, but a really specific type of wisdom to do with oneself. Wisdom on your practical actions, good judgement, being excellent in character, practical wisdom. Learning what to do and what not to do based on experience, being mindful of everything around you. Something that, at times, all of us can be pretty terrible at.” Guitarist John Browne adds, “my personal relationship with the meaning of the record starts at Stygian Blue, which was the second song I wrote for this back in 2015, and it came to be while I was in the darkest place I’ve ever been in my 32 years. We all had a bunch of issues that needed time to let heal so, in between writing we were, you know, fixing our broken souls.”

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming record. Both of which are available to view below:

Track List:

1. A.W.O.L.
2. Hollow King
3. Vanta
4. Mirror Image
5. Ivory
6. Stygian Blue
7. Leviathan
8. Celeste
9. Jukai
10. The Watch