Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock
Titolo: MOGWAY

It’s been a gruelling two-year wait, fraught with a perennial stream of
dismal bands and appalling music celebrities, but now Mogwai have returned
to inject a little underground philosophy, and a little attitude, into the
public consciousness with their third studio album, Rock Action. 
Things
may be looking a little brighter now, but over the years, many music
puritans have accused Mogwai of being too much to digest, especially during
the halcyon days of the phenomenal Young Team. But Rock Action completely
obliterates all of those boundaries that have hemmed the boys from north of
the border into that extremely restricting genre of post-rock, opening them
up to a brave new world. 
The blueprint for the album seems to be a lush
soundscape of meandering melodies, towering emotion, and layers of aching
strings, but there is a distinct lack of that raw energy and those rushing
climaxes that first saw Mogwai raise an impressive army of followers. From
the hauntingly atmospheric opener ‘Sine Wave’, Mogwai immediately shed
their skin of old by stirring up a static storm of sky-scraper proportions.
Rock Action is definitely not all about crushing guitars and expanding bass
lines. In fact, all of the myths that Mogwai knew no better are instantly
quashed with the solemn whispered breath of the heart-wrenchingly lonely
‘Take Me Somewhere Nice’ and guest vocals from Super Furry Animals’ Gruff
Rhys on the tender welsh folk-tinged ‘Dial:Revenge’. This latter really
does sound as though it deserves a place on Mwng, proving that the Mogwai
repertoire is far from limited and there may be a little mainstream light
at the end of their no-sell-out tunnel.
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"There’s not a track that doesn’t rattle your soul or touch you somewhere
so deep you can’t describe it in words..."
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One thing that can be said about Mogwai is that they are in no shape or
form repetitious. Rather, each of their albums seems the next logical step
from the last, an evolution that takes them deeper and deeper into layers
of textured sound and rich landscape imagery; the brightest horizon on the
album without doubt being the poignant ‘2 rights make 1 wrong’. But Mogwai
have not forgotten their roots, the closest to their old sound being the
ever-expanding static implosion that is ‘You Don’t Know Jesus’. 
Despite
being a mere 8 tracks and 37 minutes long, Mogwai have yet again failed to
disappoint with Rock Action. There’s not a track that doesn’t rattle your
soul or touch you somewhere so deep you can’t describe it in words - but
that has always been the magic of Mogwai, a silent protest with only sound
as their universal translator. However, this is the best of both worlds.
With their atmospheric mastery applied to some resonant lyrics, reminiscent
of ‘Cody’ from Come On Die Young, Mogwai are surely unstoppable now, with
even the fussiest of people able to digest their genius. 
Whether you
followed them from the depths of the ‘underworld’ or have only just heard
of them, Mogwai’s Rock Action is an absolute must for any self-respecting
music fan’s record collection. Take up the struggle against all that is
vile within the music industry - get behind Mogwai before it’s too late.
Review by Douglas Shipton 
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Hey, raga, quand'è che cominciamo a impegnarci un po' tutti per scrivere
Mogwai in maniera corretta?
Non se lo meritano... in fondo, gusti a parte, sono un grande gruppo...
Bye
Fester
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