Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

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  2011

  James

  The album balances heaviness and beauty with unusual patience. Mogwai move through shimmering guitars, crushing crescendos, electronics, and melancholy piano passages without forcing emotional conclusions. Even the loudest moments feel reflective rather than triumphant. It’s (mostly) instrumental music that communicates emotional ambiguity remarkably well, and when they do use heavily processed vocal melodies, as on the astonishing "George Square Thatcher Death Party", the sky splits open.