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- Date Released: April 8, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Arena Rock Records
The masterpiece of Japan's finest purveyors of crescendo-core.
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We Say...
Formed at the turn of the millennium in Tokyo, Mono are Japan's best-known and arguably most accomplished practitioners of crescendo-core. They weren't born excellent, however. It's on this, their second album, where their creative partnership came of age. Head straight to "Com(?)" for a quarter of an hour of titanic noisemongering, which punctures quiet periods with monolithic walls of guitar noise, or "A Speeding Car," a track built on a volume gradient so long it covers pretty much every decibel level human ears can comprehend. A remixed version of album, featuring DJ Olive and Jackie-O Motherfucker was released a year after the original. This turned out to be a relatively quiet, ambient affair, which is interesting because One Step reaches some truly epic amplitude.
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They Say...
More structured and with a greater feel for dynamics than many Japanese noise rock releases, Mono's One Step More and You Die shows that noise rock shouldn't be afraid to explore quieter sonic spaces -- in fact, the opening track, "Where Am I," is downright pretty. Of course, that doesn't last long. The next track, "Com(?)," builds from a similarly placid opening into a climax, nearly 16 minutes later, that sounds like Larks' Tongues in Aspic-era King Crimson fed a steady diet of steroids and Red Bull, all crashing drums, clashing harmonics, and fragmented power chords. The album never quite gets to that level of ecstatic release again, but shorter tracks like "Mopish Morning, Halation Wiper" (which makes excellent use of an out of tune piano and guest cellist Udai Shika) and the slowly unfolding "A Speeding Car" smartly build an almost subliminal tension before quietly resolving. Akin to Mogwai, Larval, or Sonic Youth's more delicate moments, One Step More and You Die is a phenomenal instrumental rock album.
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Where Am I |
2:41 |
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| 02. | |
Com(?) |
15:55 |
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| 03. | |
Sabbath |
4:51 |
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| 04. | |
Mopish Morning, Halation Wiper |
2:54 |
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| 05. | |
A Speeding Car |
8:51 |
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| 06. | |
Loco Tracks |
6:39 |
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| 07. | |
Halo |
7:43 |
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| 08. | |
Giant Me on the Other Side |
1:37 |
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08 Total Tracks, 51:11 Total Length
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Credits
- Yuka Koizumi - Mastering // Udai Shika - Cello // Udai Shika - String Arrangements // Mono - Main Performer // Mono - Main Performer // Jeremy DeVine - Reissue Layout // Reiko Kudo - Management // Yasunori Takada - Cover Photo // Yasunori Takada - Group Member // Takaakira "Taka" Goto - String Arrangements // Takaakira "Taka" Goto - Group Member // Chieko Akasaka - Design // Chieko Akasaka - Photography
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