Behind the belligerent punk attitude, Mogwai often display an acute musical sensibility. Whether it's utilising stately pianos and glockenspiels or guitar-battering crescendos, there's a gnarly tension matched only by their melodic complexity. Happy Songs... refines their grandiose panoramics via electronic gurgles and glitches. There's even a muffled Vocoder on "Killing All The Flies". Notably, the quiet-to-loud gymnastics are replaced by more even-handed dramatics. Occasionally, a flat production blunts the fine detail, and the likes of "Kids Will Be Skeletons"pass by too easily. Otherwise, as somnambulant and blissful as usual.
Behind the belligerent punk attitude, Mogwai often display an acute musical sensibility. Whether it’s utilising stately pianos and glockenspiels or guitar-battering crescendos, there’s a gnarly tension matched only by their melodic complexity. Happy Songs… refines their grandiose panoramics via electronic gurgles and glitches. There’s even a muffled Vocoder on “Killing All The Flies”. Notably, the quiet-to-loud gymnastics are replaced by more even-handed dramatics. Occasionally, a flat production blunts the fine detail, and the likes of “Kids Will Be Skeletons”pass by too easily. Otherwise, as somnambulant and blissful as usual.
