Japanese Post-Rock Outfit Mono Announce New Album and Australian Tour 2027

Snowdrop is set for release on Friday 12 June via Temporary Residence and New Noise.

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Instrumental Japanese rockers Mono are heading our way next year in support of their new album, Snowdrop.

Dropping Friday 12 June via Temporary Residence and New Noise, Snowdrop is produced by Brad Wood, who was a close friend of the late Steve Albini, the man who produced several of Mono’s previous albums and helped hone their sound.

Mono and Wood recorded Snowdrop in Albini’s storied Electrical Audio studios in September 2025. They once again worked with Chicago-based conductor and orchestral musical director Chad McCullough and enlisted a 10-piece orchestra as well as an 8-piece choir for the eight-track album.

To celebrate the release of Snowdrop, Mono have locked in five shows next year, beginning with a gig in Brisbane on Thursday 22 April at The Tivoli. Mono then play Sydney’s Manning Bar on Friday 23 April, Melbourne’s Max Watts on Saturday 24 April and Adelaide’s The Gov on Sunday 25 April, finishing up at Perth’s The Rechabite on Tuesday 27 April.

Tickets for all shows go on sale Tuesday 14 April via birdsrobe.com.

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Formed in Tokyo in 1999, Mono currently consists of Takaakira “Taka” Goto (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Hideki “Yoda” Suematsu (electric guitar, glockenspiel), Dahm Majuri Cipolla (drums) and Tamaki Kunishi (bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, glockenspiel).

The quartet have released 12 studio albums and are considered one of Japan's preeminent post-rock outfits. Well respected across the globe for their reverb-heavy sound, Snowdrop finds the experimental act entering a new phase of their career.

Touring Australia for the first time in four years, fans can expect an evening of uplifting shoegaze compositions when Mono touch down in 2027.

Catch Mono at The Gov on Sunday 25 April. Ticketing information is available on birdsrobe.com.

MONO SNOWDROP AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2027

Thursday 22 April - The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD

Friday 23 April - Manning Bar, Sydney, NSW

Saturday 24 April - Max Watts, Melbourne, VIC

Sunday 25 April - The Gov, Adelaide, SA

Tuesday 27 April - The Rechabite, Perth, WA

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