For My Parents

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For My Parents
Mono For My Parents.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2012
RecordedWaterfront Studios, Hudson, New York [1]
Length55:37
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
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork Media 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]

Contents

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.TitleLength
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

Production

The Holy Ground Orchestra

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References

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