Mogwai

Now masters of letting drama unfold in response to their own overwhelming sonic universes, the Scottish maestros deliver a soundtrack that teases with moments of uncanny beauty.

In letting textures carefully infiltrate your consciousness, mogwai have learned the inverse of their early-career assault of raw feeling. Now perfectly at ease in the cinematic sweep of their sound, here they are let loose on a bonafide Hollywood sci-fi big concept piece, and are able in install grace, gravitas and emotional resonance into its fabric. “… a showcase for how bombast can age into stateliness and grace without losing its sense of power… ‘Funeral Pyre’ ignites slowly and progresses with great dignity, and the new-age pulse of ‘Donuts’ soft phasing bursts convincingly into outright beauty” - av club, “another excellent piece” 4* - the skinny