Is there any better music for wine and painkillers than Mogwai? The new album, Mr. Beast, has semi-leaked, missing “Robocop Vs. the Orange Walk” and “We’re No Here”, and including a possibly fucked copy of the first single, “Friend of the Night”. It’s hard to tell, since their press materials say they’re moving away from “the quiet-loud/quiet-loud formula”, and glitchy-not glitchy is one way to do it. Does anyone know if the leak version’s really the single?
Glasgow Mega-Snake rocks, though, and the rest of the album is really good, but it’s not “better than Loveless”, no matter what Alan McGee says.
Mogwai – “Glasgow Mega-Snake” (MP3 Link Expired)
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Jim, how sure are you that “Robocop vs. the Orange Walk” is supposed to be a song on the album? I’ve got a purportedly final version of Mr. Beast that has “We’re No Here” but not that song. Here’s the track list of the promo CD:
1. auto rock
2. glasgow megasnake
3. acid food
4. travel is dangerous
5. team handed
6. friend of the night
7. emergency trap
8. folk death 95
9. i chose horses
10. we’re no here
I’m going off of Pitchfork’s writeup:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-11/14.shtml
also, is your friend of the night super glitchy?
Mine’s glitch-free. I got it off of a torrent that made reference to this version being complete and skip-free, unlike earlier leaks. I’m guessing that “Robocop vs. the Orange Walk” either got renamed or dropped since that pitchfork blurb. Oh, and you can see a scanned image of the promo CD’s track listing here (about 1/4 of the way down):
http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/eng/news.php
yeah, there’s a better leak out now. No glitches (tho they were starting to grow on me, weird)
Heh, that happens. Back in the day I had a copy of the first Interpol album with a glitch near the start of one of the tracks . . . after listening to it so much, and then actually buying the album, it took me awhile to get used to it being glitch-free, it just sounded wrong!
this song isn’t bad. except for CODY and young team, i usually have to pick through their albums and find what i like.
sort of on the subject, i think i’m the only one who prefers the EP versions of the stuff that’s on wolf parade’s apologies album.
http://www.redlightglow.com/news/2005/12/09/mogwai-mr-beast-2006-advance/#more-1007
Hey thanks for this.
Great track.
Been waiting for new Mogwai for ages – an amazing live band!
man, if you can’t tell if it’s mogwai or a fucked up decoy track it’s gotta suck…
holy shit, the singer from envy sings on one of the songs.
must. download. now.