Mono-You Are There (2006)


 

Artist: Mono

Title: You Are There

Label: Temporary Residence

Format: CD

Cat:  TRR 98

Year of Release: 2006

Country and Year of Edition: US 2006 slipcase

Sell Price: $9.99 10/22/22 VG+/VG+

Discogs Last Sold:10/7/22 VG+/VG $4.00

Low:$0.15 M/M ships from Germany

Median: $7.84

Average: $7.17

High: $9.99

Current low price: $3.92

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 40

Have/Want: 869/72

Where Sold:   Glen Allen, MS

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B

Sad To See It Go: No

The 4th album from Tokyo's MONO was engineered by Steve Albini back in 2005 in Chicago at the expected Electrical Audio Studios.  This is the "post-rock" wing of Albini's world, one that encompasses Slint, Mogwai and many many others.  MONO is on the next tier, and I hadn't seen them live until recently at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last April.   

Since a band like this I consider "atmospheric" music, my brain automatically shuffles it to the background and I never bother to learn the material.  When (in this case my Israeli concert buddy Danny) someone has me check these sort of bands out, I'll go and zone out for an hour and a half, but I never retain any of it.  I didn't have any MONO albums sitting on my hard drive and this CD and and other one were given to me by my friend JImmy in a stack of indie CD's that his local used store wouldn't take while he was liquidating for a move prep.  I'm pretty certain it was only this year, MONO's 23rd of existence, that I finally got around to checking them out.  

You Are There has the 3rd most live cut performances of any MONO album in their 11 album plus many EP's, singles and split releases in their still active timeline.  The setlist cheat sheet tells me they played none on this one, and the drummer that played on this album left the band in 2017.

All of the 6 tracks on this album have made it into the setlist at one time or another over the years, including the 4 that crack two minutes.  The only one that hasn't appears to be the shortest track, the 3 minute 41 second "The Remains of the Day."  The other shorty "A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure" is only a couple seconds longer but that has been played 125 times to date.  It sounds like it would be good in an Italian restaurant and is making me hungry for pasta.  You get echoes of Pink Floyd's  "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in the opener "The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain" and Sonic Youth's "Sister" in the most played track in concert "Yearning."  "Are You There" has a nice classical guitar melody that gets submerged in an orchestral setting.  

For fans of  long form staccato repetition: loud and soft variety.




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