Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

On their latest record, the Scottish post-rock heroes sidestep some pitfalls from recent releases and sound like they're enjoying being themselves again.

Neither abandoning the good ship Matador for Sub Pop Records nor seeking out Young Team producer Paul Savage has done much to shake up Glasgow’s resident noisemonger Mogwai. Fifteen years have worn a new groove or two into the band’s sound, but this isn’t a group that looks to each album as a potential tectonic shift.…

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Constantly discontent with the mundane, they push their melodies beyond the humdrum.

The album finds Mogwai going easier on the ears than they have since 2003’s Happy Songs for Happy People.

Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will review: Hardcore may never die, but Mogwai's mortality has never been more evident.