Hello everyone, we’re here today with Julien and Larry from the band Monolyth! How is your promo day going?
Larry - It’s going well. It’s funny because today really means something to us. As I was saying earlier, for many of us, it’s the first time we’re actually holding the CD in our hands. So yeah, the baby is finally here. It can only go well.
Julien - I had them at my place before, and no one was allowed to see them.

We’re here to talk about your new album Seeds Of Perseverance, which is released today! If you had to describe it in one word?
Julien - That’s a tricky question, because the first answer that comes to mind is perseverance. Perseverance because it’s one of the main themes that guided the whole creation of the album, especially lyrically. It’s also what drives and fuels us. It’s what keeps Monolyth alive nearly 20 years after the band was formed. Even if we’ve only released three albums, the band has been around for a long time. And it’s that determination, that passion we put into our music, that keeps us standing.
Larry - There’s also a meta aspect to that word. It reflects both our personal experience and what we want to pass on through the music. It’s an invitation for listeners to persevere in their own lives, to hold on to their dreams, to who they truly are, to their roots. Not to betray themselves. To keep going and to know that at the end of the road, there is light, success, victory. And of course, it also reflects what we ourselves went through on this album and since the very beginning of the band. So yes, perseverance. We’d like to have a more surprising word, but honestly, this is the only one that truly fits.

The band has gone through many line-up changes. How has that influenced your creative process and how do you function today?
Julien - There have been a lot of changes, and that fits perfectly with the idea of perseverance. That’s all we’ve known. But today, we’ve reached a point where everything works. We managed to break down barriers in communication and understanding between us, and that’s been incredibly beneficial for the writing of this album.
Larry - It took a lot of work. We spent weeks, even months, talking things through. We realized we had a real richness of points of view and sensitivities. One riff can inspire completely opposite things to two different people. The question becomes: how do you make opposite visions coexist when you’re five people? We had two options: either we gave up, or we worked on our communication, our understanding, and our connections. We chose to persevere. And it brought us to a new level of mutual listening and understanding. This album is really about unity. We laid everything on the table, gathered together, and chose a direction as a team. For the first time in Monolyth’s history, everyone was truly involved in the process. There was no priority given to either newcomers or older members. Just mutual respect and a real collective effort.
Julien - Historically, composition was handled mostly by Amaury and myself. This time, for the first time, we really opened the door to other ideas and approaches. That’s one of the reasons why this album feels so rich. And beyond that, we all went through very emotionally intense years: burn-out, break-ups, personal and professional struggles. Even though our musical visions can be very different, we found each other again through shared hardship. And that’s what made us stronger.
Larry - Trust made all the difference. The older members knew the new ones weren’t here to take over but came with respect for the band’s history. And the other way around too. That’s what allowed us to find balance.

The album contains 15 very diverse tracks, including a 1:30 instrumental intro, The Harvest, which leads into Regenesis. Why did you choose to open the album that way?
Julien - There was no intention to divide the album into separate parts. On our 2018 album, we had kind of done that unintentionally, so this time we wanted something different. The Harvest is an intro, but it’s also a full piece in its own right. And it belongs to Regenesis, which is a very powerful song. We didn’t want to start the album with something too brutal right away. We wanted to build things up, to really establish the orchestral elements that we had started introducing back in 2018. Larry worked a lot on that, with choirs and orchestral instruments. We wanted something epic, like the opening credits of a movie.
Larry - It’s the same idea with Into Oblivion, which also has a calm intro before exploding. The track is extremely intense, but it needed a soft introduction to properly bring in the themes of weakness and vulnerability.
Julien - And for the last part of the album, that one truly is a two-part track: Searching For The Unexpected Flame. We wanted to bring back the acoustic guitar and voice atmosphere we had explored in the past, in a more intimate way, before everything explodes afterwards.
Larry - The album as a whole was built as a progression. You enter, things become darker, heavier, more complex, and then you rise back toward the light. It’s about overcoming trials and finding victory. That’s why the album ends with Perseverance.

You introduced this new era with “Better Off Someone Else”, released last May. Why was it the perfect choice to open this album cycle?
Julien - The choice was pretty obvious in the end. When we wrote it, we didn’t know what it would become. We knew it would be on the album, but that was it. But when we heard the first demo and the chorus, we just thought: this is the single. It has a slightly pop vibe that we had never explored so far, but without selling out or disguising ourselves. We didn’t write it to be played on the radio. But it had this immediate, catchy energy that really spoke to us.
Larry - That’s why we chose it for the first single and the first music video. We worked with Canaprod, but I wrote the script myself. We worked on the dancers, on the main concept, on all the visual effects. We wanted something accessible, rich, high-quality, and true to who we are.

Do you have a final message you’d like to share about this album?
Larry - We really hope people will love this album as much as we loved creating it. It’s extremely personal, intimate, fraternal, sensitive, almost fragile at times. And at the same time, it’s very much turned toward others. We want people to feel supported, loved, and invited to live fully and be happy. And of course… to come celebrate with us at our shows.
Julien - Amaury always puts a lot of himself into his lyrics, but in a way that allows everyone to find something of their own story in them. We hope this album will touch people, even if not as deeply as it touched us, because we put our lives into it. Now it’s time to go back on the road and defend it on stage, and share these moments with people who truly connect with its message.

Thank you a lot for your time !
Julien & Larry - Thank you !