Mono Holy Ground: NYC Live With the Wordless Music Orchestra

Japanese post-rockers Mono -- who hopefully by this point in time no longer have to explain that they're not the '90s U.K. trip-hop group -- upped the ante on their already-dramatic approach with their last studio album, the orchestra-backed Hymn to the Immortal Wind. Then, to mark their 10th anniversary, they performed a one-off show with the 24-piece Wordless Music Orchestra, and now the recording of that show is seeing the light of day. It comes packaged with a DVD that adds concert footage to the already attractive package. The whole thing kind of makes you wish the name Electric Light Orchestra wasn't already taken.

Abstract by Jim Allen