Mogwai have always been a band I've always felt I should like more than I actually do, but tonight went some way to rectifying that. I still think they're a bit too post-rock by numbers for my tastes (especially as I tend to be more attracted to the orchestral end of the genre), but "Mogwai Fear Satan", with that mid-song eruption of eardrum-shredding guitar noise definitely stands alongside "Acid Police" and "Untitled 8" as songs that would justify the tinnitus I'm almost guaranteed to get in later life.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
MOGWAI (London Royal Festival Hall, 25/01/14)
Mogwai have always been a band I've always felt I should like more than I actually do, but tonight went some way to rectifying that. I still think they're a bit too post-rock by numbers for my tastes (especially as I tend to be more attracted to the orchestral end of the genre), but "Mogwai Fear Satan", with that mid-song eruption of eardrum-shredding guitar noise definitely stands alongside "Acid Police" and "Untitled 8" as songs that would justify the tinnitus I'm almost guaranteed to get in later life.
Mogwai have always been a band I've always felt I should like more than I actually do, but tonight went some way to rectifying that. I still think they're a bit too post-rock by numbers for my tastes (especially as I tend to be more attracted to the orchestral end of the genre), but "Mogwai Fear Satan", with that mid-song eruption of eardrum-shredding guitar noise definitely stands alongside "Acid Police" and "Untitled 8" as songs that would justify the tinnitus I'm almost guaranteed to get in later life.
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