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Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

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by Mike Diver
Artists: Mono
Officially the finest purveyors of emotional instrumental rock music in the world (according to these ears anyway), Japanese quartet Mono tour the UK in May.

The band's third album, Walking Cloud..., was released last year to critical acclaim. If you've not seen this band live, prepare to be moved to a state close to tears.

May
16 LEEDS JOSEPHS WELL
17 BRISTOL THE FLEECE
18 MANCHESTER ROADHOUSE
19 GLASGOW KING TUT'S
20 SHEFFIELD CORPORATION
21 LONDON GARAGE


Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

I'm going to the Manchester show :)

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

sweet mother of christ, puuuuure mono.

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

ill try my best to make the corporation. its on a friday and two days before my birthday, so should be able to make it

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

It seems the Bristol date on the 17th, may now be at Birmingham instead!
http://www.capsule.org.uk/coming/coming.htm

I am just looking forward to seeing them again as I love this band. I have seen them five times now, and they never fail to astound me with their combination of musical complexity and beauty, plus sheer volume!
If you have seen them already you will know how stunning they are. If you have not experienced them live yet, just go!

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the

JJ72 may have had a fit bassist, but not even Hilary Woods can match a Japanese noise-demon.
Plus, Hilary has a kid now.
I'd feel wrong.
I'd still shag Bjork though.

Re: Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour

Imagine the volume and range of noises Bjork'd make...
They'd take your ears *clean off*.

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

Just got my tickets sorted for the Garage gig on the Saturday. I have never seen these guys before but been into them for a couple of years now. What songs are they likely to play live? My personal faves are Com(?), Lost Snow, 16.12 and Halo. Just one of these would make me happy.

Re: Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

As they are headlining, I would hope for quite a long set. I have seen them perform five times now, and they have played my personal favourite 'Com (?)' at three of these shows, and '1612' or 'Lost Snow' at the others. They usually seem to have a set list with a few gentler songs, and then a few ear destroyingly loud epic numbers.
The first two times I saw them, they were playing mainly from 'One Step More and You Die' then at the next two gigs, they played mainly from'Walking Cloud and deep Red Sky...' The last and best for me, when they played at The Islington Acadamy, they played a long, loud and stunning set, that included all my favourite songs from across their three albums.
I do hope they play 'Com (?)' this time.

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

Has anyone seen their European touring schedule?
From 26/04 to 22/05 solidly. None stop. Not one Break. Thats practically one month of solid gigs. I'm exited to see them in Manc. I just hope they are as load as last time.

Towering beauty and titanic tremors: Mono tour the UK

Fellow mono fans, may be interested in an interview they have just done for PH-UK. Taka answered a few questions, in the break between their American and European tour.

http://www.ph-uk.co.uk/post/EEEuEpFkZuOpFpXTcJ.shtml

Enjoy-
Star
www.ph-uk.co.uk