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Post by benrowe on Sept 2, 2011 21:44:03 GMT 1
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Post by yelobeli on Sept 7, 2011 22:05:08 GMT 1
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Post by rob strong on Sept 8, 2011 13:29:44 GMT 1
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Post by rob strong on Sept 8, 2011 20:15:40 GMT 1
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Post by noise is a friend on Sept 12, 2011 10:39:54 GMT 1
Got my copy this morning, played thru twice so far. "Hound of Winter" and "Drunk and Crazy" are superb.
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Post by arachnid on Sept 12, 2011 17:14:04 GMT 1
Very impressed by the new EP.
Hound of Winter is fucking excellent. Would love to hear it live.
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Post by benrowe on Sept 12, 2011 20:14:27 GMT 1
Hound of Winter is a great track. I keep expecting Hope Sandoval's voice to kick in!
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Post by rob strong on Sept 13, 2011 22:55:45 GMT 1
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Post by jontosh on Sept 14, 2011 11:09:42 GMT 1
still don't like the first track at all, but the other 3 are fantastic.
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Post by noise is a friend on Sept 14, 2011 12:28:35 GMT 1
The first track comes across as a bit of an intro to the rest of the EP.
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Post by rob strong on Sept 14, 2011 19:43:36 GMT 1
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Post by rob strong on Sept 14, 2011 20:12:35 GMT 1
Gotta love Aquarius, surely the only record retailer apart from Normans who still write reviews this detailed?
MOGWAI "Earth Division" (Sup Pop) cd ep/12" 5.98/10.98 The original masters of the loud/quiet/loud, slow build post rock epic, return with a new 4 song ep on Sub Pop, their home for the last few records, and again, the band continue to explore, and push boundaries, having shed the sound they helped define with their seminal classic Young Team, one they found hard to outgrow until recently. But outgrow it they have, and Earth Division might be their most varied, and most UN-Mogwai release yet. The record opens with the gorgeous piano/string lament "Get To France" (the band haven't lost their knack for inappropriate song titles!), a gorgeous, lush cinematic chunk of chamber music that should have directors worldwide after them to score films, a darkly delicate, haunting bit of loveliness, with a slightly sinister vibe. So perfect. "Hound Of Winter" is up next and is even less Mogwai-y, a n acoustic guitar / harmonica country folk ballad, all minor key and melancholy, with softly crooned vox, the only nod to the loud/soft/ loud days of old, is a burst of super dramatic strings, that fades out as quickly as they swooped in, only to return near the song's end, creating yet another fantastic bit of soundtracky string laden dream folk, which most bands would kill for, but we can't help but get the feeling these guys are just dabbling, and somehow dabbling brilliantly. Our favorite track here though would have to be "Drunk And Crazy", which is a tripped out stretch of noisy, distorted shoegaze soft noise bliss out, buried electronic beats, murky churning riffage, all wreathed in a patina of crumbling buzz and swirling shimmer, only to suddenly dissipate into another gorgeous bit of strings and piano chamber music, only to have the beat and the buzz swoop right back in, this time melded to the chamber music, creating a gorgeous gloriously fuzzy melodic chamber buzz, or something. Whatever it is, it's a shame it only lasts for 5 minutes. The record finishes off with another pretty one, a lovely little melodic guitar figure, drifts beneath lush strings, and over a plaintive piano melody, the only nod to any sort of rock band roots, is when the bass comes in, and add some low end heft, its melody all tangled up with the guitar's, another brief bit of soundtracky prettiness, that again has us thinking these guys are capable of so much more than just writing rock songs. Directors, the line starts here.
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Post by noise is a friend on Sept 15, 2011 7:19:26 GMT 1
Yeah I like Aquarius reviews. It takes me ages to read their weekly emails!!
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Post by einzack on Sept 17, 2011 2:08:27 GMT 1
am really enjoying this ep. 4 very different tunes, which why they make sense as an ep. have loved get to france ever since the stream was available a while back. if anything, i'd like it to go on for longer. a lovely little tune. i can see it being very nice as an intro to a live show with it segueing into yes i am a long way.... hound of winter is so different from almost anything the band have done before, with perhaps the exception of secret pint (stretching). i think a female singer would be very nice on this as benrowe suggests.. drunk and crazy is just that. possible my favourite of the tunes on the ep. does this always happen is a bit more by the book, yet not.
so overall, a cracking ep. not quite in the same league as 'ep' but not much is.
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Post by indiewindy on Sept 20, 2011 17:03:04 GMT 1
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Post by rob strong on Sept 23, 2011 23:08:33 GMT 1
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