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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/13.shtml

Mogwai Reveal Mr. Beast Tracklist

Matthew Solarski reports:

March 6 marks the return of the mighty Mogwai, the Scottish post-rock combo of choice for dreamers young and old. On that hallowed date, Matador will unleash Mr. Beast, the revered fivesome's fifth album proper, featuring ten epic tracks and described by Mogwai manager and erstwhile Creation Records guru Alan McGee as "probably the greatest art rock record that I've been involved in since My Bloody Valentine's Loveless", and "possibly better than Loveless." So, like, post-phenomenal.

Those in the know are forecasting a return to form for the Mogwai, apparently in part a reaction to 2003's deliberately toned-down Happy Music For Happy People. Stuart Braithwaite declares in a Matador press release that he and his bandmates "really missed making a lot of noise!" He goes on to admit: "Although only about 25 percent of the new album is actually noise, that's the one thing we consciously had in mind when we set out."

Nevertheless, what Mr. Beast ain't is Young Team (Reprise), as Braithwaite and company also strove to expand their sonic horizons with this latest release. Since the band's inception, says Stuart, "we knew we were in this for the long haul and we knew we wanted to be making worthwhile, important music until the day our hands stop working, so it serves our purpose to challenge ourselves, on every level." And a noble pursuit that is.

Recorded in Mogwai's Castle of Doom studios and produced by Tony Doogan, Mr. Beast features contributions from composer Craig Armstrong, who lends keyboards to the track "I Chose Horses", and Tetsuya Fukagawa of Japanese post-hardcore epic-mongers Envy (signed to Mogwai's own Rock Action label), who shares his lovely vocals on the same track.

And now, the numbers of the Beast:

01 Auto Rock
02 Glasgow Mega-Snake
03 Acid Food
04 Travel Is Dangerous
05 Team Handed
06 Friend of the Night
07 Emergency Trap
08 Folk Death 95
09 I Chose Horses
10 We're No Here

Mogwai will take their new tunes out for a spin next year with gigs in Europe and Japan. A U.S. tour is scheduled to follow, dates to be announced.

Rock action:

01-07 Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar Music Centre
01-08 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Spring and Airbrake
01-10 London, England - ICA
01-11 London, England - ICA
01-12 London, England - ICA
01-13 London, England - ICA
01-14 London, England - ICA
01-21 Moscow, Russia - Apelsin
01-24 Tokyo, Japan - Unit *
01-25 Tokyo, Japan - Unit #

* with Melt-Banana
# with Afrirampo

[qzdiablo]

i have this

it's nothing like loveless

[Larsen B]

Yeah, i believe it been leaked ayewaye.

Originally Posted by qzdiablo

i have this

it's nothing like loveless

The article never said it was like Loveless.

[Marsh]

Originally Posted by qzdiablo

i have this

it's nothing like loveless

Thank Christ. That's one less unlistenable, overrated, "Emperors New Clothes" CD in my collection then.

[ragudave]

Originally Posted by bluesxman

The article never said it was like Loveless.

but the bands manager likened to it Loveless...

[stuartmaxwell]

i also have it

its rather nice

not the biggest mogwai fan ever tbh

Originally Posted by ragudave

but the bands manager likened to it Loveless...

He only said he thought it was the best 'art rock' record he'd been involved with since Loveless and then added he thought it may even be better. Or maybe i'm reading it differently than anyone else....

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by stuartmaxwell

i also have it

its rather nice

not the biggest mogwai fan ever tbh

found it, and i will report back on it tomorrow.

nice was not a word i was hoping would be associated with it.

[stuartmaxwell]

emergency trap is very ep+6