Cargo Records

Monument

May 10, 2010 sees the release of Welsh post-rock impresarios Vito’s sophomore ‘instrumental album with vocals’ opus Monument. Inspired by the idea of legacy and focusing on moments of ‘the here and now’ the album reflects the band’s personal view that “everything you do should be done, as if it is the only opportunity you will get to do it” and this philosophy is personified in the meticulous care Vito have taken, writing and recording Monument over the last three years. Songs worked and reworked, dynamics honed and performances scrutinized to a point that enabled the band to achieve a virtually ‘live off the floor’ recording that neither required nor allowed the use of unlimited ‘overdubs’ and other studio trickery found in so much of today’s music. Closely intertwined into the Cardiff music scene that includes such Welsh luminaries as the Super Furry Animals and Future Of The Left (who even name-check Vito's bassist Mark Foley on their seminal indie-hit ‘Manchasm’) Monument is sure become yet another musical export to make the city proud.

Vito’s debut album Make Good Areas Disturbed was released in 2006 on The Flower Shop Recordings, owned by Robin Proper-Sheppard (God Machine/Sophia) and saw the band tour extensively, and very successfully, throughout Europe not only as support but also as backing musicians to Robin Proper-Sheppard’s acoustic Sophia performances. Since 2007, the band and its various members certainly haven’t been quiet. Alongside appearances at the Cardiff-based Sŵn Festival (Curated by BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens) and the highly respected Green Man Festival, all have been participating in other groups including the Webb Brothers, Martin Carr (Boo Radleys) and Matt Davies (Funeral For A Friend) side-project Secret Show. Add in a few music/video contributions to the Respond/Ymateb Project at National Museum Wales and a remix album Other Distrurbed Areas and it’s easy to see where all the time has gone. Let’s welcome back Vito… Vito breathe the rarefied air of instrumental exponents Mogwai and Explosions In The Sky while providing the gut-wrenching noise and wide-screen ambition of Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine.