Tokyo’s Mono is a peculiar group. While most bands offer up their sincerest and most genuine recordings in their infancy and spend the rest of their careers trying desperately to rediscover their youthful energy, Mono's trajectory has been quite the opposite. This flourish of hopeful creativity was captured by Steve Albini in the form of the eight pieces that make up their third album Walking Cloud And Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered And The Sun Shined. More lush and orchestral than previous recordings, the album couples an overall slow-melting ambience with a thunderous drive that reaches far greater heights than the band’s earlier work.

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英国双人电子流行乐队Mono的首张也是唯一一张专辑《Formica Blues》的确是天才的初试啼声——以‘Life in Mono’、‘Silicone’‘The Outsider’几首旋律流行优美的歌曲铺陈出一片伤感低迷的氛围，逐渐过渡到‘Disney Town’、‘High Life’这种情绪上似乎很轻快的作品，虽然歌词上有一种不和谐的反差，主音Siobhan De Mare的音乐影响部分来自Hooverphonic，她常能以一种漠不关心的甜美声音表达近似愤怒和黑暗的情绪。不过这张专辑的前面部分比较流行并不是很耐听；相反的，后面一些不会一听就吸引你的歌曲反而更经得起时间的考验：例如‘Playboys’中不断进化的旋律和节奏；‘Penguin Freud’中的采样和小号的运用；‘Hello, Cleverland’一首纯器乐作品，怪异中透着灵动，给这张专辑增加一些试验色彩，结尾的Life in Mono Remix版本反而更喜欢一些，不同于第一首过于流畅的缺乏挑战性的旋律（也可能听得太多了）。
在发表了这张专辑之后，Siobhan De Mare就收到了来自Robin Guthrie的邀请，共同组成了新的乐队‘Violet Indiana’，签约在解体后的Cocteau Twins的独立厂牌下，对于这样一个乐队，只发表了一张专辑多少有些遗憾。