Special Moves

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AlbumAug 24 / 201011 songs, 1h 14m 40s
Post-Rock
Popular
8.2 / 10

Mogwai's first live package-- a concert recording and DVD companion, Burning, with a different tracklist-- finds them in typically outstanding form.

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After teaming up with La Blogothéque impresario Vincent Moon for Adelia, I Want To Love, a short film about a nonagenarian’s first contact with post-rock, Mogwai went in front of the guerilla filmmaker’s cameras again for a concert film titled Burning, which casts the Glaswegians’ precipitous peaks and troughs of…

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7.0 / 10

Special Moves CD: 7.0/10 Burning DVD: 7.9/10

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7 / 10

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As someone who has never seen Mogwai live before but who is familiar with their records, my desire to see the band performing in person has certainly increased after listening to Special Moves. In the flesh Mogwai must appear to be absolute legends in their field, and it’s clear in this live performance why: they