For My Parents

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)
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

Production

The Holy Ground Orchestra

References

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