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MOGWAI - MR. BEAST (180g 2LP)

MOGWAI/MR. BEAST (180g 2LP)

Here we get a beautiful double LP pressed at RTI on 180 gram premium vinyl and a cool etching on the D-side. Produced by longtime associate Tony Doogan and Mogwai at Castle Of Doom Studio, Mr. Beast is nothing short of a milestone in Mogwai’s storied tenure. Though there are still hints aplenty of the subtle beauty that adorned big chuncks of “Rock Action” and “Happy Songs For Happy People”, there are an equal portion of headcrushers on this one that will leave you gasping for air. Particularly if you’ve been wearing a plastic bag over your face (Which we do not recommend, by the way.)

With tune titles like 'Glasgow Mega-Snake,' 'Acid Food,' and 'I Chose Horses,' it should be clear Mogwai hasn’t taken any easy, mellowing departures on Mr. Beast. Sure, the album opens with the calming guitar atmospherics of 'Auto Rock,' but then 'Glasgow Mega-Snake' comes bounding out with a crushing jog of a beat and a trademark granite slab of guitars. The Scots also indulge incrementally more beautiful and terrifying dreamscapes, especially the down-turned piano topping that hovers above a guitar storm on 'Emergency Trap' and the layers of clear-toned melody that chime over a swirl of choked, feedback-drenched power on 'Folk Death 95.' There has long been talk of Scottish miserablism, and this colors and grinds the idea blissfully.

1. Auto Rock      
2. Glasgow Mega-Snake      
3. Acid Food      
4. Travel Is Dangerous      
5. Team Handed      
6. Friend Of The Night      
7. Emergency Trap      
8. Folk Death 95      
9. I Chose Horses      
10. We're No Here