Monday 20 January 2014

Mogwai - Rave Tapes [12", LP]


Yesterday when i wrote something about the new Warpaint album, i already mentioned that the new MOGWAI had also come out, and that it's really good as well. And so it is. Their soundtrack for Les Revenants was, well... much more cinematic than what they previously did. It's definitely their most quiet work to date. But RAVE TAPES on the other hand is going back to their old bombastic and majestic sound, and expanding it with heavier use of synths than ever before. Not that i mind though; it sounds fantastic - yet never innovative. It's been done before, but that doesn't mean that this isn't a great record. I particularly like the song Repelish, which contains spoken word samples of someone warning for backmasking in Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven. All in all, their 8th studio album is a really good one and a worthy follow-up to Hardcore Will Never Die, and i'll still be buying any new Mogwai album that comes out if they keep this high standard.

Label: Rock Action
Cat.nr.: ROCKACT80LP
Year of release: 2014


SIDE A:
01. Heard About You Last Night
02. Simon Ferocious
03. Remurdered
04. Hexon Bogon
05. Repelish

SIDE B:
01. Master Card
02. Deesh
03. Blues Hour
04. No Medicine For Regret
05. The Lord Is Out Of Control

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