Listen to a pair of new albums from Mono, The Last Dawn and Rays Of Darkness
Post-rock’s genre descriptors have always been ambiguous, allowing its practitioners to vacillate between ambient instrumentals and droning, metal-tinged riffs. During its 15 years together Japan’s Mono has explored both sides of the genre at length, at times having orchestral backing and, at others, embracing its own version of gut-level rocking. On October 28 Temporary Residence will release two albums from the band—The Last Dawn and Rays Of Darkness—which see Mono indulging in both sides of itself.