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.
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' and Consequence of Sound said 'For My Parents isn’t likely to go down with your Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanadas or Spiderlands, 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'.
Track listing
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
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