Just before recording their epic disasterpiece "You Are There," MONO began collaborating with fellow Tokyo native and modern electronic composer world's end girlfriend. The result is a five-part sojourn of neoclassical grace and luminescence that defies lazy categorization. As dark as the bottom of the ocean, and nearly as otherworldly, "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain" finds MONO inhabiting a magical world previously only hinted at in their most orchestral compositions.