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(Touch Amor, The Smashing Pumpkins).Chosen for both his familiarity with Mono’s creative andtechnical working process – as well as his decades-longfriendship with Steve