Mount Monda has always lain in wait. Matt Walters can see it from his house, looming silently in the mist. One morning in 2020, he decided to run up it. He’s never looked back. The metaphor isn’t lost on him. A former major label artist, Matt had turned his back on making music. He started live music events company Parlour Gigs in 2015. It hit a nerve with music lovers and artists alike. “I started Parlour to help my musician friends make some money,” says Matt. “It grew pretty fast into a global business and so before I knew it I hadn’t played a show or written a song in years. I didn’t miss making music at all.” But if you’re a lapsed songwriter during the empty space of the pandemic songs will call you to action, beckoning you towards them like a mountain track in the mist. A chance encounter at the foot of Mount Monda seemed a bit like a cosmic conspiracy. Producer and multi-instrumentalist Luke Postill worked on Matt’s very first EP back when he was signed to the major label. Luke and Matt hadn’t seen each other since recording that EP. Then they bumped into each other beneath the mountain. They dusted off their home recording gear. Mount Monda was born.