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Mogwai
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Out of 44 votes - Similar Artists: Ulan Bator, Füxa, Broadcast, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Quickspace, Seaworthy
Out of 44 votes
- Genre: Alternative/Punk » Post-Rock
Editor's review
Mogwai's performances reach an ever-stretching sea of near-hypnotized attendees who blissfully sway back and forth. The group's vocal-less electronic rock leans more upon purposefully muddled, echoing guitars somewhat akin to Melancholy-era Smashing Pumpkins.
Biography
Scottish five piece Mogwai formed in 1995 and debuted a year later with the single "Tuner/Lower", released on their own Rock Action label. They've since gone on to develop their distinctive style of apocalyptic, yet deeply humanised noise across four albums, establishing the transcendentally effective quiet-loud/quiet-loud dynamic as their very own and spawning a generation of imitators. Usually tagged a post-rock band because of their slow-build, instrumental workouts and the neo-classical majesty of their more ambitious songs, Mogwai are rather a bunch of a-rockers, drawn to whatever serves their cause.
Mr Beast is the band's fifth studio album and, as the title suggests, sees them returning to their first, true love - Rock with a capital "R".
