The Last Dawn

by MONO

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sergpot Possibly the best post-rock piece of art I've heard, and I've heard a lot. Makes you wanna cry as it seems to capture all the sad beauty of life, distilled in a bunch of tunes. Mono is just awesome. Favorite track: Cyclone.

Uncompahgre Records RYM: 3.25 from 561 ratings; not in top 1000 albums of 2014

Kirk Gauthier The perfect album for a cold, lonely night of quiet reflection. Just you and your thoughts. But seriously, this might be my favorite MONO album yet, and gut-wrenching harmony of neo-classical and post-rock that ebbs and flows, soars and cascades, and makes even the most mundane thing just a little bit more exciting. The music crawls up your back until it causes the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up, utterly titular until the very end. Favorite track: Where We Begin.

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	1.	The Land Between Tides / Glory 11:35
	2.	Kanata 06:21
	3.	Cyclone 06:24
	4.	Elysian Castles 08:10
	5.	Where We Begin 07:24
	6.	The Last Dawn 08:36

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The Last Dawn is the first of these two companion albums, and is the "lighter" of the two, thematically and melodically. It contains undoubtedly some of MONO's strongest songs ever, drawing on an array of influences from minimalist film score to vintage shoegaze. It is MONO at their absolute purest, executing an uncanny, unspoken dialogue with each other without the dozens of stringed instruments that have been so prominent throughout their catalog. The songs are also noticeably more efficient – there hasn't been a MONO full-length record to fit on a single slab of vinyl since 2003's One Step More And You Die – and the album benefits immeasurably from this streamlined approach. MONO have always been masters of telling compelling stories without words. But now they've proven they can do it without frills, too.

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released October 24, 2014

MONO:
Takaakira "Taka" Goto - Guitar
Tamaki - Bass, Piano, Glockenspiel
Yoda - Guitar
Yasunori Takada - Drums, Glockenspiel, Timpani

Guest:
Danielle Karppala - Cello
Andrew Simpson - Cello
Emily Grace Karosas - Violin
Walker Konkle - Violin

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MONO 東京都, Japan

Official Bandcamp page of Japanese instrumental rock band MONO.

Signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. (North America), Pelagic Records (Europe) and New Noise (China).

shows

Nov 15

Dream Hall, Bandai Namco Shanghai Base

Shanghai, China
Nov 16

Dream Hall, Bandai Namco Shanghai Base

Shanghai, China
Nov 20

Spotify O-EAST

Tokyo, Japan
Nov 22

Yogibo HOLY MOUNTAIN

Osaka, Japan
Dec 10

Thalia Hall

Chicago, IL
Dec 12

Pioneer Works

Brooklyn, NY
Dec 14

Wilshire Ebell Theatre

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Mar 5

Fonda Theatre

Los Angeles (LA), CA

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