For My Parents Explained

For My Parents
Type:	album
Artist:	Mono
Cover:	Mono For My Parents.jpeg
Released:	September 4, 2012
Recorded:	Waterfront Studios, Hudson, New York^[1]
Length:	55:37
Label:	Temporary Residence Limited
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	The Last Dawn
Next Year:	2014

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.^[2]

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'^[3] 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'.^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: For My Parents by MONO . https://web.archive.org/web/20130421105358/http://monoofjapan.bandcamp.com/album/for-my-parents . 2013-04-21 . live .
2. Web site: Video: Mono: "Legend". Pitchfork. 2 August 2012.
3. Web site: Mono - for My Parents / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound . 2012-09-19 . 2012-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120920172508/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17202/reviews/4145431 . dead .
4. Web site: Album Review: Mono - for My Parents. 13 September 2012.