Mono & World’s End Girlfriend
Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain
Temporary Residence Ltd.
Grade: A-/A
Unlike Mono’s oft movements to heavy sections blistering the past ten minutes of soft soundscapes, their collaboration with modern electronic composer World’s End Girlfriend on the five-track Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain goes for velvet moods of emotion without raising the noise level. Recorded at various studios in Japan, Mono began working with WEG around the time of their recording You Are There in Tokyo. The moods on the album range from gloomy, heavy weight upon your shoulders on “Part One” to a hint of Charlotte’s Web theme music on “Part Two” to the more triumphant crescendos on “Part Three” (the highlight of the record). After the oddly pop “Part Four,” Mono and WEG close the record using a stronger ‘rock’ band sound before fluttering at the very end. Compared to past material, Mono and WEG rely on more strings and even a further nod towards classical and neoclassical music. Count it as a blessing that Mono has provided two excellent calming and mellowing records in 2006.
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