For My Parents

For My Parents
Studio album by Mono
Released	September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)
Recorded	Waterfront Studios, Hudson, New York [1]
Length	55:37
Label	Temporary Residence Limited
Mono chronology
Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra (2010) For My Parents (2012) The Last Dawn (2014)

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	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 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'. ^[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

• 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

References

1. "For My Parents by MONO". Archived from the original on 2013-04-21.
2. "Metacritic". Metacritic .
3. Thom Jurek. "Allmusic Review". Allmusic.
4. Mike Madden (13 September 2012). "CoS review". Consequence of Sound.
5. Tom Perry. "Drowned in Sound review". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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. "Mono - For My Parents (album review )". Sputnikmusic .
10. "Video: Mono: "Legend"". Pitchfork . 2 August 2012.
11. "Mono - for My Parents / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
12. "Album Review: Mono - for My Parents". 13 September 2012.