Ufomammut co-founder Urlo exchanges the cinematic scope and heavy psychedelia of his day job for something entirely more introspective with his second The Mon album. Dark folk meets ambient electronicexperimentation, with some noteworthy guests along for the trip. Writing the lyrics and performing vocals on their respective tracks, Steve Von Till’s oak-aged voice is, as ever, spellbinding on Confession. Amenra’s Colin H. Van Eeckhout delivers a heart-rending paean on To The Ones. Simple refrains engender a mesmeric mindstate, invoking emotive atmospheres within which Urlo’s earnest, multilayered vocals take the fore, augmented by the striking violin of The Otolith’s Sarah Pendleton. Here, Urlo indulges a deep-dive exploration of the self that, despite its weighty guest spots, never really elevates beyond side-project status. ■■■■■■■■■■