Japanese instrumental band Mono are pleased to announce Mick Turner of The Dirty Three and the shadowy leaves of the Tren Brothers will be joining them on their upcoming Australian ‘For My Parents’ tour playing on all shows except Hobart’s Dark Mofo.

Through windswept leaves the protracted crescendo draws forth the holy throne of Japan’s legendary Mono, who were confirmed back in April by invitation to perform at Satanalia this June as part of the Hobart MONA DARK MOFO festival as well as additional shows in Australia and New Zealand.

‘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.” They are an instrumental rock band whose melodies have grown increasingly lyrical, with increasingly transcendent execution. 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.“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.” 

MONO TOURING FOR MY PARENTS IN 2013

THUR 20 JUNE Auckland KINGS ARMS 
plus special guest MICK TURNER
Tickets from UTR and Real Groovy 

FRI 21 JUNE Wellington BODEGA
plus special guest MICK TURNER
Tickets from UTR and Rough Peel Music

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 guest MICK TURNER
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 guest MICK TURNER
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 guest  MICK TURNER
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

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