Mono

Mono is an experimental Japanese rock outfit. Since 1999 they've offered a dynamic, atmospheric, shapeshifting, classically tinged sound that lends itself to long compositions, drama, improvisation, and tension. 2004's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined bridged detuned raw power to lush, delicate beauty. 2006's Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain and 2012's For My Parents (in collaboration with producer World's End Girlfriend) employed strings, reeds, and a vocal chorus. In 2014 they simultaneously issued Rays of Darkness and Last Dawn. Drummer ...