Favorite New Music: Mogwai
posted by The Joe
Mogwai
The Hawk is Howling
Matador Records
2008
1. I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
2. Batcat
3. Danphe And The Brain
4. Local Authority
5. The Sun Smells Too Loud
6. Kings Meadow
7. I Love You, I’m Going To Blow Up Your School
8. Scotland’s Shame
9. Thank You Space Expert
10. The Precipice
I’ve always found Mogwai to be rather inconsistent in the past, but The Hawk is Howling is the perfect culmination of beautifully mellow and heavy rock, finally minus the vocals. It’s their best album to date, and the greatest ‘post-rock’ of 2008. Listen to the whole thing on their myspace page HERE.
“The Sun Smells Too Loud” (fan video)
“Scotland’s Shame” (live)