Through windswept leaves the protracted crescendo draws forth the holy throne of Japan’s instrumental legend Mono, who last appeared in Australia as part of Melbourne Festival in 2011, with the 23 piece Holy Ground Orchestra. Now after confirming the invitation to perform at Satanalia as part of the first MONA DARK MOFO festival, taking place down in Hobart, Valve are very pleased to announce that Mono will be doing additional shows in Australia and New Zealand this June.
‘For My Parents’ is the most recent album by Mono, the Japanese quartet who over the course of half a dozen albums in twice as many years have followed their own muse, and in the process have become “one of the most distinctive bands of the 21st century.” An instrumental rock band whose melodies have grown increasingly lyrical, with increasingly transcendent execution.
“After years of exploring, searching ourselves, and composing pieces here and there, we found ourselves with more questions than answers. When we could not find these answers in the outside world, we were bound to turn inward. And so we went back to our roots,” explain Mono.
There is no doubting a Mono song when you hear it, and no denying their uncanny ability to feel perfectly at home in both pristine symphony halls and dirty rock clubs. In the way that only Mono can, ‘For My Parents’ obliterates that divide, showcasing a sensitivity and maturity that simultaneously acknowledges where they came from, and where they’re going. The unique combination of soul-stirring melodies, cinematic East-meets-West arrangements, and firm command of elusive emotional intangibles is what makes MONO so…well, so MONO.
So join the band on their inwardly cinematic journey of going back to their roots this June:
Mono 2013 Australia & NZ Tour
THUR 20 JUNE Auckland KINGS ARMS – plus special guests
Tickets from UTR, Real Groovy and Rough Peel Music
FRI 21 JUNE Wellington BODEGA BAR – plus special guests
Tickets from UTR
SAT 22 JUNE Hobart DARK MOFO Satanalia
plus Boris, The Drones, The Stickmen, Barbarion, Fourteen Nights at Sea, Kangaroo Skull, A Dead Forest Index, Angel Eyes and more
www.darkmofo.net.au Tickets on sale http://www.mona.net.au/shop/dark-mofo
SUN 23 JUNE – Melbourne THE HIFI – plus special guests
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au or 1300THEHIFI, Polyester Records – CBD & Fitzroy, Sight n Sound – Northcote & Boronia, consume.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.
WED 26 JUNE – Brisbane THE HIFI – plus special guests
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au or 1300THEHIFI, Butterbeats, Uni Co-op Bookshop Sunshine Coast, consume.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.
THUR 27 JUNE – Sydney THE HIFI – plus special guests
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au or 1300THEHIFI, Red Eye Records, Utopia Records, Mall Music – Brookvale, Coogee Bay Hotel, The Recordstore – Darlinghurst,
Sandy’s Music – Dee Why, Westsyde Connection – Dullwich Hill, Resist Records – Newtown, consume.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.
MONO For My Parents out now on Valve/MGM
Mono score an epic, 12-minute journey through Iceland’s landscapes during the midnight sun
