Rave Tapes
Sub Pop
2014
Rating: 7 sideways looks out of 10
I saw Mogwai open for Pavement back around 1997 - didn't know a thing about them, and they completely melted my brain. Soon after I bought "Young Team" and it was a crazy huge influence in my life and musical taste for years and years.
At this point, I'm not even sure how or why to review a new Mogwai record. "Rave Tapes" is their eighth full-length by my count, not including all the soundtracks and EPs and compilations they've produced since their inception in the mid-nineties. Given their output, all you can really do now is compare their music to that of the past as a reference to whether a new record is good or not. Opener "Heard About You Last Night" is very strong, as is "Master Card." and "Blues Hour" which is one of only a couple tracks with vocals. It's a good record, not a great one. Mogwai will never disappoint, it's just a matter of how much they will excite.
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