Description:	USED CD on Travels In Constants Series on Temporary Residence, Limited!!
	Format:	CD
	Condition:	Used
	Genre(s):	Post-Rock
	Label:	Temporary Residence
	Price:	£11.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Maggie on 10 May 2007.

Lordy what's this almost majestic cresendo happening!!! Its The Phoenix Tree by Mono and its a musical interpretation of the aftermath of the the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Its amazing that something so destructive could inspire something so beautiful. Reading the press we're taken on a journey and as track 2 appears we have soft spoken vocals pattering like the black rain that followed the night after the bomb. 3rd track is called rainbow and is a string orchestra playing to the clouds and to the rainbow that bloomed the night after that. The final track is called little boy and its' named after the first bomb that fell ( sounds all post rock like a Mogwai. Produced by Steve Albini this is a beautiful piece of music and is heading straight home with me. highly recommended heartfelt release. The opening track alone which sounds like Sigur Ros with bigger balls is worth the purchase alone. Singles club on temporary residence

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What their label says...

We'd like to explain why we named this CD "The Phoenix Tree".

There are four songs in this mini album. They are about the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima which we tried to express our view since our 3rd album "Walking Cloud~".
We've completed our work on this theme with this album.
We've planted all our wish and the message which we think we should never forget.


The first song "gone" is the symbolic song of this album, inspired by thepainting "The myth of tomorrow" by Taro Okamoto who we respect most as artist. He said "Don't let it get you down. Don't grieve over the past. Spread your wings and fly to the future." when he talked about the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the tragedies caused by the wars in the past.
Phoenix tree is a tree. You see a lot in Hiroshima. Even the trees were burnt by the bomb, the roots of the trees survived and started their life again. 60 years later, they are absorbing the energy from the earth, still growing and spreading their branches into the sky. Every spring, the young leaves sprout and blossom with flowers. Every year new life is born for future. It is a hope.

The second song is "black rain". As many of you have already known, the black rain fell on the city of Hiroshima right after the atomic bomb was exploded.
The black rain covering the completely destructed town... It must be unimaginably depressing for the survivors who were looking for their families, friends and all the loved ones in the debris.
Our friend, Giovanna, singer of Bellini and Uzeda, wrote the poem and read.
We asked her because we wanted a lay of light in the darkness.

The third song is "rainbow". After the black rain, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. It's true. The survivors witnessed. (After the rainbow, the fire started in the town and burnt it down.)
It must be a happening of a few minutes, maybe less than a minute. What did people feel when they saw the rainbow?
We never know, but we tried to express people's feeling of that moment.

The fourth song is "little boy". It's the name of the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima.
The bigger one which was dropped in Nagasaki was "fat boy".
We added "1945-Future" in the title. We mean "little boy" children of our future.
To all children of our time, children of future and all people;
with our deepest wish not to repeat the tragedy and best wishes for our future-.

We believe, the late painter Taro Okamoto's message is we must have learned from the atominc bomb in 1945 for our tomorrow (future).
The wars are still going on on this planet.