MONO & WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND: PALMLESS PRAYER-MASS MURDER REFRAIN

This album is a collaboration between MONO and WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND. It's well thought of by Post-Rock fans so take my review with a grain of salt.The big negative for me is the way the mournful violins dominate the sound. And they sort of drone on and on without much variance making this a long and boring listen. Especially considering it's 74 minutes long ! Now to be honest we do get some piano, guitar and samples, but not much. I was reminded of GY!BE with the violins, but nothing happens here, it doesn't explode or change like a GY!BE album does. I really blame WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND who really seem to be dominate. I love MONO but I wouldn't even know they were on here if it didn't say so on the cover.

Enough complaining. "Part One" meanders until the violin come in around 1 1/2 minutes, a second one joins in that's just as mournful. Acoustic guitar comes in later. "Part Two" features mournful violin melodies throughout until they stop around 12 1/2 minutes as the wind blows in. It blends into "Part Three" where acoustic guitar arrives. Violins start to lead around 6 minutes. It's mournful again until before 15 minutes when it calms right down.

"Part Four" has not only melancholic violins but depressing vocal melodies too. Awesome ! I'm just going to run out in front of that bus now. It's more intense after 6 minutes. Piano only 9 1/2 minutes in and it blends into "Part Five" where violins come in around 1 1/2 minutes joining the slowly played piano. It starts to build though especially 9 minutes in as guitar arrives. It settles back before 16 minutes. That was the most exciting track right there and more typical of Post-Rock.

This might be more attractive to WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND fans than MONO fans. I found that out the hard way.