For My Parents

Studio album by Mono

Released

September 4, 2012

Recorded

Waterfront Studios, Hudson, New York^[1]

Genre

Post-rock

Length

55:37

Label

Temporary Residence Limited

Mono chronology

Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra
(2010)

For My Parents
(2012)

The Last Dawn
(2014)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
Consequence of Sound	^[4]
Drowned in Sound	8/10^[5]
Now	^[6]
Pitchfork Media	5.4/10^[7]
Rock Sound	7/10^[8]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5^[9]

For My Parents is the sixth full-length album from Japanese post-rock band Mono. It was released in September 2012. The band also released a video for the opening song "Legend" titled "Legend: A Journey Through Iceland." The video was directed by Henry Jun Wah Lee.^[10]

Reception

For My Parents received positive reviews, Drowned in Sound said 'The band has progressed to a point where their work sounds unique, and now they'll continue to painstakingly develop every aspect of that work with each release'^[11] and Consequence of Sound said 'For My Parents isn’t likely to go down with your Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanadas or Spiderland, but there are times when it seems to break new ground, amounting to maximal yet clearly produced spectacle that only a band as musically cognizant and technically fluent as Mono could muster'.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Legend"	11:57
2.	"Nostalgia"	12:03
3.	"Dream Odyssey"	8:10
4.	"Unseen Harbor"	14:02
5.	"A Quiet Place (Together We Go)"	9:25

Personnel

Mono

Takaakira "Taka" Goto – Guitar
Tamaki Kunishi – Bass, Piano, Glockenspiel
Yoda – Guitar
Yasunori Takada – Drums, Glockenspiel, Timpani, Tubular Bell, Gong

Production

Henry Hirsch – Recorded
Rachel Alina – Assisted
Fred Weaver – Mixed
Bob Weston – Mastered

The Holy Ground Orchestra

Jeff Milarsky – Conductor
Yuki Numata, Courtney Orlando, Emily Ondracek, Patti Kilroy – Violin 1
Conrad Harris, Ben Russel, Caroline Shaw, Amanda Lo – Violin 2
Caleb Burhans, Nadia Sirota, Erin Wight, Jeanann Dara – Viola
Clarice Jensen, Brian Snow – Cello 1
Caitlin Sullivan, Laura Metcalf – Cello 2
Logan Coale – Bass
Shayna Dunkelman – Timpani
Yuri Yamashita – Cymbals

References

↑ "For My Parents by MONO". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16.
↑ "Metacritic".
↑ Thom Jurek. "Allmusic Review". Allmusic.
↑ Mike Madden. "CoS review". Consequence of Sound.
↑ Tom Perry. "Drowned in Sound review". Drowned In Sound.
↑ Benjamin Boles. "Now Magazine review". Now Magazine.
↑ Jayson Greene. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media.
↑ Joe Marshall. "Rock Sound review". Rock Sound.
↑ Eli Kleman. "Sputnikmusic review". Sputnikmusic.
↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/47353-video-mono-legend/
↑ http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17202/reviews/4145431
↑ http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/09/album-review-mono-for-my-parents/

Mono

Takaakira Goto
Hideki Suematsu
Tamaki Kunishi
Yasunori Takada

Albums

Studio	Under the Pipal Tree (2001) One Step More and You Die (2002) Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (2004) You Are There (2006) Hymn to the Immortal Wind (2009) For My Parents (2012) The Last Dawn (2014) Rays of Darkness (2014)

EP	Hey, You (2000) Memorie dal Futuro (2006) The Phoenix Tree (2007)

Remix	New York Soundtracks (2004)

Split	Mono/Pelican (2005) Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain (2006)

Compilations	Gone: A Collection of EPs 2000–2007 (2007)

Live	Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra (2010)

Films

The Sky Remains the Same as Ever (2007)
Holy Ground (2010)

Production

Forty-4
Tzadik Records (John Zorn)
Arena Rock Recording Company
Temporary Residence Limited
- Steve Albini
- Matt Bayles

Category
Commons
Website

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