I’m not quite sure when I fir
st heard Mono, though I think it may have b
een through a blog somewhere, but I’m glad I did. The Japanese post-rockers recently released their seventh album (at least, I m
ake it their seventh), Hymn To The Immortal Wind, and it may be the best thing they have ever don
e.
It’s almost a bit too obvious to compare them to Mogwai, but there’s a similarity in that at times they seem t
o be producing almost classical territory, and at other times more in common with Sunno ))) or compatriots Boris. The album is recorded by Steve Albini (the man never uses the word p*o*u**d -c’mon!) who captures the magic in the same way that he did for the Wedding Present,
PJ Harvey, Low, The Breeders…
This is the closing track on their excellent album – like John Peel said of The Fall -‘Always different, always the same’ and it’s one of the greatest tracks I’ve heard this year.
Mono – ‘Everlasting Light.’ mp3
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