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February 5, 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 once the band hit the road again 2010.

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 highly respected Green Man and Swn Festivals, all have been participating in other band and artistic endeavours and they also released a download-only album of remixes titled, Other Disturbed Areas.

The single and in particular the first album, revealed a band with a deft skill for conveying emotion and grandeur. The second album goes much deeper whilst still maintaining the idea that they play music that they would listen to. Elements of many of the recent past’s more lauded instrumental/post-rock bands suggest themselves: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros’ early EPs, later Mogwai, Radiohead and Explosions In The Sky are touchstones, but more in the sense of helpful pointers rather than paraded influences.