Mogwai is a very prolific band, after the release of their seventh fantastic album ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ last February, they have scheduled to release another EP entitled ‘Earth Division’ EP on September 13th via Sub Pop Records in the US, and on September 12th via Rock Action in the UK.
The band had a busy year as they are in the middle of a sold out world tour (I got to see them in Los Angeles in May), and in an email I have received, the new EP is described as ‘a creative departure from the band’s trademark cinematic mantra of pulverizing, scorched guitar riffage, into a more recontextualised domain of hazy electronic distortion, accompanied by spiky wafts of violins, violas, cellos and double bass and jagged keys.
‘Earth Division’ discretely demonstrates another side of Mogwai’s stratospheric level of brilliance with its ever-rotating, hypnotic soundtracks that drift dreamy into force, while adsorbing into the paranormal. The EP is a collaboration of barded guitar distortion and haunting piano, which might offer the listener something different, but it still carries the band’s hallmarks.’
Quite a description, but here is the tracklisting:
1. Get To France.
2. Hound Of Winter.
3. Drunk And Crazy.
4. Does This Always Happen?
And if you want to catch them, they will be mostly in Europe during the summer before coming back in the states in September.
07-08 Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma
07-09 Naples, Italy – Neapolis Festival
07-10 Brugge, Belgium – Cactus Festival
07-12 Turin, Italy – Spazlale Festival
07-13 Montreaux, Switzerland – Montreaux Jazz Festival
07-14 Aix-les-Bains, France – Musilac Festival
07-15 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival
07-16 Tønsberg, Norway – Slottsfjell Festival
07-17 Istanbul, Turkey – Rock’n Coke Festival
07-19 Nimes, France – Nimes Arena
07-22 East Sussex, England – De La Warr Pavillion
07-23 London, England – iTunes Festival
07-29 Woodford, Australia – Splendour in the Grass Festival
07-31 Nilgata, Japan – Fuji Rock Festival
08-05 Myslowice, Poland – OFF Festival
08-07 Sicily, Italy – Ypsigrock
08-10 Sibenik, Croatia – Terraneo Festival
08-12 St. Malo, France – La Route du Rock Festival
08-14 Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
08-19 Gijon, Spain – Teatro de la Laboral
08-20 Paredes de Coura, Portugal – Paredes de Coura Festival
09-02 Milan, Italy – Circolo Magnolia
09-03 North Dorset, England – End of the Road
09-04 County Laois, Ireland – Electric Picnic Festival
09-09 Isle of Wight, England – Bestival
09-10 Berlin, Germany – Berlin Festival
09-26-27 New York, NY – Webster Hall
09-28 Philadelphia, PA – Starlight Ballroom
09-29 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-01 Boston, MA – House of Blues
10-02 Asbury Park, NJ – ATP Festival
10-15 Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Festival
10-21 Athens, Greece – Fuzz Club
10-22 Thessaloniki, Greece – Block 33
10-31 Hannover, Germany – Capitol
11-01 Leipzig, Germany – Werk 2
11-03 Bremen, Germany – Schlachthof
11-04 Stuttgart, Germany – LKA
12-22 Glasgo