I would but tbh the new album hasn’t really clicked with me yet, it’s sounding nice enough but a bit “Mogwai by numbers”. It’s featuring on Tim’s Twitter Listening Party tonight at 9 though so I’ll be cranking it up on the headphones for a proper listen.
Didn’t even realise album charts were still a thing tbh! Must represent the listening habits of only a tiny percentage of the population now… old people who haven’t discovered streaming and youngsters who’ve rediscovered vinyl I guess 🤣 Wonder how few units you have to shift to get the no1 spot these days?
Here, I didn’t know til today that the soundtrack to that Binners’ recommended “Calm With Horses” Netflix fillum was by Blanck Mass. Gonna have to check that’un in a post-rock typa vein though genres schmenres if you ask me. Must’ve been a good soundtrack cos like all the best ones, I didn’t notice it!
Also, to get Mogwai to the Pop Picking Top a The Charts Number 1 Spot do you have to buy the album from a chart returns shop? Or is it dun different these days?
Didn’t even realise album charts were still a thing tbh! Must represent the listening habits of only a tiny percentage of the population now… old people who haven’t discovered streaming and youngsters who’ve rediscovered vinyl I guess 🤣 Wonder how few units you have to shift to get the no1 spot these days?
its sad isnt it….. my teenage daughters have no concept of listening to a collection of songs from the same artist
I asked Mr Braithwaite on twitter, and he said it’s all outlets now, apparently.
I bought the CD from bleep.com in the end… because they offer an instant download of the mp3 as well… like Amazon, but not Amazon. Also pre-ordered the next Blanck Mass while I was there.
I discovered this amazing album today. Holy moly it’s got some weirdness in it… but I think it’s relevant to this thread.. I mean, where else? (I won’t be paying £47.50 for a cassette though! 😀 ) https://algierstheband.bandcamp.com/album/mondo-decay
(Oh sorry, missed this “dubbed out noise, doom-jazz, rap, and post-industrial-stained death disco.” of course! 😆 )
As much as I love Mogwai there’s not many of their albums that I actually like, tehy’re more a Deftones “couple of brilliant tracks on every album that make up a properly deadly setlist” for me. But I’ll buy it anyway.
This kind of blew me away… First time I saw Mogwai was in 1997, I was working in the Edinburgh festival and they played my venue (support from Uresai Yatsura, who I loved). I skived off for a bit to watch the bands and, well, hated Mogwai. Absolutely hated them, just thought it was pointless noise. Took over a decade to give them another try (though, I must have come close during the Blur: Are Shite thing)
But, just by sheer mad luck, tripped across this a while back, a bootleg of that 1997 gig. And it’s alright! All the basic ingredients are there, though I was right about the vocals, bloody dreadful.
The new album does sound exactly as you’d expect a Mogwai album to sound, and I can’t put my finger on why I’m enjoying it so much more than their last couple.
@Northwind – I saw them play around that time as well and it pretty much rewired my 17 year-old brain. And did no small amount of damage to my hearing.
“It’s been an incredible journey…” Mogwai (@mogwaiband) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with As The Love Continues ❤️ https://t.co/xwNrF1Agwv
“It’s been an incredible journey…” Mogwai (@mogwaiband) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with As The Love Continues ❤️ https://t.co/xwNrF1Agwv
