free tibet Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 With their classic debut all fancily reissued and available for the purchase, Mogwai have recast their gaze towards the future. Their new LP, The Hawk Is Howling, is due September 22 in the UK and September 23 in the U.S. on Matador, and just a few weeks before its release, the post-rock vets will issue a very cool-sounding EP with a little help from a bona fide psych icon. (Via NME.com, confirmed by Matador.)The Batcat EP begins with a pair of non-album cuts: there's "Batcat", of course, plus the unfortunately titled "Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend". But it's the closer, "Devil Rides", that really fascinates, as it sports vocal contributions from freakout legend/13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson. It's due on CD, 12" and digitally September 8 in the UK and on 12" and digitally (not on CD) September 9 in the U.S.just listened to this & its jolly good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Never been a fan of Mogwai in the past, but this is definitely intriguing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 i heard this the other day, wasn't especially keen on the erickson track but "stupid prick gets chased by the police and loses his slut girlfriend" really struck a chord with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntedbyafreak Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 "Stupid Prick......" Fantastic song name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 'Batcat' is bloody brilliant.'Stupid Prick...' is a very good slow burner that just...I dunno...does it for me.Not so sure about 'Devil Rides' though, it's not bad, but the first two songs are just too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 I don't do all this torrent malarky, so will just wait patiently till September.Happy enough listening to the recent live session they did...iPlayer Radio ConsoleGo from 36mins in, till the end. There's chat, their choice of songs (pretty good) and some live recordings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 the album seems be leaking track by track, "thank you, space expert" is a highlight so far for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 i've only heard 'the sun smells too loud' and 'batcat'and no torrents. hypem.com and search for 'mogwai', just folk posting stuff up on music blogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 i have the whole album. because im really good at the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Still resisted the temptation to steal the album...Bought the Batcat ep earlier and about to give it its first spin. 5 weeks (i think) till the Edinburgh gig and drunken adventures. Which also means it's less than 5 weeks till Scotland v. Norway, This Will Destroy You in Glasgow and 2 weeks school holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntedbyafreak Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Have not stolen the album yet but I did download the EP from Play this morning. 'Stupid Prick' is great! Hopefully new Mogwai shall inspire Scotland to victory tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 the new albums got a song called scotlands shame haha GIRFUY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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