Mono is a Japanese post-rock band that formed in 1999. Since then, the band has released a handful of records, much of them receiving plenty of critical acclaim. They have remained a steady staple of post-rock music and a band that is often counted on for their very colorful, majestic arrangements. For My Parents is the newest release by the quartet and is a very standard release by the band. The music is exactly what you would expect from them as they incorporate these grandiose sections with some ostentatious production that seems almost overwhelming in an odd way. Like their last record entitled Hymn To The Immortal Wind, even Mono seems to get lost in their outrageous and complex verse structures and it tends to become a bit pompous in a way. Post-rock needs to have strong build ups with tremendous climaxes that bring all the sounds together but Mono always seems to drift away and disregard this very basic element. As usual, Mono is creating some very elegant atmospheres that are quite gorgeous but the lengthy track times that don't have any real escape just end up being a bit boring and a little less fruitful than what post-rock music is normally accustomed to.
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