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Mogwai – As the Love Continues
On new album As the Love Continues, Mogwai continue to build on – and experiment with – their bombastic sound
★★★★ Album title: As the Love Continues Artist: Mogwai
Released 25 years after their debut single,
As the Love Continues is Mogwai s tenth studio album. It s a continuation of their bombastic instrumental rock, adding enough new experiments to keep things interesting, but staying close enough to their well-hewn sound to ensure a cosy familiarity.
The first single, Dry Fantasy, is curiously one of the gentlest cuts here, leaning more on the band s space-rock inclinations, creating a textured, detailed soundscape without ever reaching the furious intensity of their classic songs (plenty of others here do that just fine). The wonderfully-named Fuck Off Money and Here We, Here We, Here We Go Forever flirt with heavily manipulated vocals, while Ritchie Sacramento features genuine, actua
Mogwai Flirt with Convention on As the Love Continues
Published Feb 17, 2021
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Twenty-five years to the day of releasing debut single Tuner / Lower, Scotland s beloved post-rockers Mogwai return with their 10th studio album. The aptly named
As the Love Continues cements their post-rock dynasty, and bridges their ever-mutable sound into yet another.
In making
As the Love Continues, produced once more by Dave Fridmann following his work on 2017 s
Every Country s Sun, Mogwai have focused on creating positive, transformative music that offered solace from the mundane. Arguably, Mogwai have made concessions over the years, albeit small, to beef up their sound (see: Fridmann) and make certain electronic inroads, resulting in more palatable music that has moved them father afield from their humble beginnings.
25 years. That’s how long Mogwai have quietly (and loudly) been doling out guitar-heavy detonation at the stamp of a Stuart Braithwaite overdrive pedal. After all that time, there’s undoubtedly a method to Mogwai, but the beautiful noise they’ve made over the years has only stood because of their dedication to reimagining the potential of sheer volume and plunging walls of noise.
As The Love Continues has all of their hallmarks (the plaintive lulls, the booming peaks, the whirling anger) but as tried-and-trusted as those structures are, there are a few unexpected subtleties that make Mogwai’s tenth album a surprising listen.
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