Monument (Portico Quartet album) explained

Monument
Type:	studio
Artist:	Portico Quartet
Cover:	Portico Quartet - Monument.png
Border:	yes
Alt:	Yellow, blue, black and white lines intersecting, with two slivers of pictures amongst them, including an inverted color photograph of a seated man
Released:	5 November 2021
Recorded:	2020
Studio:	PQHQ, Leyton, London Fish Factory, London
Length:	44:02
Label:	Gondwana
Producer:	Duncan Bellamy Jack Wyllie
Prev Title:	Terrain
Prev Year:	2021

Monument is the seventh studio album by English instrumental band Portico Quartet. It was released on 5 November 2021 by Gondwana Records.^[1]

Release

On 1 September 2021, Portico Quartet announced they were releasing their album Monument, alongside the lead single "Impressions".^[1]

Critical reception

Monument was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75 based on 6 reviews.

Personnel

Portico Quartet

• Duncan Bellamy
• Jack Wyllie

Additional musicians

• Francesca Ter-Berg – cello on tracks 1, 7 and 10
• Simmy Singh – violin on track 10

Production

• Mixed by Greg Freeman and Portico Quartet in Berlin, 2020
• Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis
• Design by Veil Projects

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portico Quartet Announce New Album, Share Lead Single "Impressions" . . 1 September 2021 . 3 November 2021 . Arnone, Joey.