MOGWAI - Classic or Dud?

That song sounds like M83

Very nice message just sent out via their Bandcamp:

It is 25 years this week since the release of our first single Tuner/Lower, the first release on Rock Action Records. We started the label (named after Stooges drummer Scott Asheton) with a loan of £400 from my sister Victoria’s boyfriend (now husband) Jared. Martin’s folks generously helped us out by paying for the studio to record the songs. We folded the record sleeves up one by one in my bedroom at my parents house. I had every expectation that most of them were going to be hard to get rid of and would remain in a pile in my bedroom for some time. Thankfully that wasn’t to be the case.

We didn’t start the band or the label to get in to charts. That would have seemed insane. We were just kids that wanted to make an amazing noise and get our record played on John Peel. Amazingly John did play the record, and one thing led to another to get us to the point we’re at now. Its been an incredible journey making music together over the last quarter century, taking us to places we never dreamed of and getting to play our music to more people than we ever imagined. None of us ever envisaged either the band or the label being in a position where having a number one record would be a possibility.

As it stands our new album As The Love Continues is number one in the UK charts. It's something we’re amazed by. We’re taken aback by everyone’s support, kindness and generosity. It means so much to us and would be incredible if we could hold on to remain number one when the chart comes out on Friday. For that to happen we need everyone’s help by buying the record and streaming it as much as possible. We are so grateful for all the support we’ve received so far and with just a few more days of it we can do something pretty amazing.

If you've bought the album via Bandcamp but haven't yet downloaded, the UK charts will only register the sale once it's downloaded so if you can...it'd be appreciated.

Cheers!
Stuart
Mogwai

They just tweeted Ricky Gervais asking to plug their album then deleted it

I still don't know why more people weren't talking about ZeroZeroZero, an international drug trafficking drama on Amazon Prime that was so great, but anyway Mogwai did the soundtrack and it works really well in the show

Limmy has given them a plug! And he doesn't plug just anyone

As it stands our new album As The Love Continues is number one in the UK charts.

holy shit.
hope they pull it off!

been loving the full on twitter party re this.
if it happens then the poor buggers cant even go to the pub and celebrate.

Never had them down as a band who’d beg people to buy their album to get a number 1 but fair fuck’s to them if they pull it off

I would not have expected it either, but then I also never would have imagined they'd even have a shot! So good on them, really.

Next step, Christmas #1

Why are post-rock bands so...inconsistent with their volume levels? Mogwai plays Atomic was polite where it should have howled, while GYBE's last tour was simply deafening

Great success

“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

— Official Charts (@officialcharts) February 26, 2021

ah that's nice for them

BOOM. Stuart was just on Scottish TV news talking about it. I had a wee lump in my throat.

Never had them down as a band who’d beg people to buy their album to get a number 1 but fair fuck’s to them if they pull it off

it must be pretty exciting to be in with a chance of having a no. 1. More power to them i say.

i don't keep up with them that much these days but thinking back to 20 odd years ago when it was so cool to me that barry burns' girlfriend's gran lived in my street, stuart had went to my high school, and that my pop punk band "the dirty lovers" (that never played a gig) practiced at the same place where they had recorded young team it does really warm the heart to see them achieve this milestone

Mogwai (@mogwaiband) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart

awesome

Never had them down as a band who’d beg people to buy their album to get a number 1

they can totally pull it off because it's such an unlikely #1, it's a shared victory

Mogwai plays Atomic was polite where it should have howled, while GYBE's last tour was simply deafening

Precisely the inverse of the Sept 99 gigs lol. "Polite where it should have howled" describes that GYBE set perfectly.

i don't keep up with them that much these days

I've heard all of 2 tracks they've done since Rock Action tbh

They were one of my favorite bands in 97-98, CODY was a bit disappointing. YT sounds amazing, hiring Dave Fridmann to make a Steve Albini record was a misstep imo.

rock action is my favorite mogwai album lol, all killer no filler

i liked ex-cowboy but it feels unfinished structurally or something. my favorite pieces of theirs were things like Summer and Katrien where Dominic leads

I liked the track with Gruff Rhys the most on Rock Action, SFA were my other fave then

"barry burns' girlfriend's gran lived in my street"

can I get your autograph pls

onya fellas

listened to a few songs off the album, file under enjoyable

I'm a big fan still and love the new album. Really pleased for them.

About 2/3rds of the way through Stuart's book right now, it's.. fine, as far as these type of fucks go. Nothing really revelatory, but I actually found his early show going career list more endearing and relatable than Thurston's (for a recent comparison).

Seems like he mostly regrets coming off like such an abrasive knob in early interviews, basically it sounds like the more he mouthed off the more print they got and he was happy to feed it if it meant more coverage for the band, even if he felt conflicted about it. He also seems to regret the Blur shirt thing, not that he doesn't think Blue are shite, but rather that he thinks the timing of the shirts shot themselves in the foot a little in the long run.