Monument (Portico Quartet album) - Composition

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Monument is the seventh studio album by English instrumental band Portico Quartet. It was released on 5 November 2021 by Gondwana Records.[7]

Monument

Studio album by

Portico Quartet

Released

5 November 2021

Recorded

2020

Studio

PQHQ, Leyton, London
Fish Factory, London

Length

44:02

Label

Gondwana

Producer

Duncan Bellamy
Jack Wyllie

Portico Quartet chronology

Terrain
(2021)

Monument
(2021)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10[2]
MusicOMH	[3]
Mojo	[4]
Pitchfork	6.6/10[5]
Uncut	7/10[6]

Release

On 1 September 2021, Portico Quartet announced they were releasing their album Monument, alongside the lead single "Impressions".[7]

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.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Duncan Bellamy and Jack Wyllie.

**Monument** track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening"	2:50
2.	"Impressions"	3:44
3.	"Ultraviolet"	5:12
4.	"Ever Present"	4:48
5.	"Gateway"	1:14
6.	"Monument"	4:40
7.	"A.O.E."	5:35
8.	"Warm Data"	8:16
9.	"Portal"	1:09
10.	"On the Light"	6:28

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

Charts

Chart performance for *Monument*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[8]	23

References

"Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
Hannigan, Maeve (10 November 2021). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
White, Chris (5 November 2021). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
Cowan, Andy (December 2021). "Portico Quartet – Monument". Mojo. No. 337. p. 89.
Howe, Brian (23 November 2021). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
Wray, Daniel Dylan (December 2021). "Portico Quartet – Monument". Uncut. No. 295. p. 29.
Arnone, Joey (1 September 2021). "Portico Quartet Announce New Album, Share Lead Single "Impressions"". Under the Radar. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
"Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

v t e Portico Quartet
Knee-Deep in the North Sea (2007) Isla (2009) Portico Quartet (2012) Live/Remix (2013) Living Fields (2015) Art in the Age of Automation (2017) Memory Streams (2019) Terrain (2021) Monument (2021)

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