'A lot of the companies we signed to disappeared, basically," says Ali Morizumi of pan-national rock duo Monoral, musing on the mysterious curse that has followed his band around.
"We'd make a minialbum and then the company would go bankrupt, then we'd make another one for a different company and they'd go bankrupt too."
Denying that rumors of their impending third full-length album may have been responsible for the current global financial meltdown, Morizumi and bandmate Anis Shimada are keen to point out that "Via" will in fact mark the first time they have managed to put out two albums on the same label.