Over the last 22 years, Scottish outfit Mogwai have been innovators, architects and standard bearers in the genre known as post rock. After releasing eight electric albums, 13 EPs and a fistful of remix and live records, most would forgive them for taking their foot off the gas a little. They’ve earned the rest, right? That’s never been the Mogwai way, though, and album number nine sees the boys push the boundaries further still, and deliver an 11-song masterclass.
Explosive (‘Battered At A Scramble’), haunting (‘Brain Sweeties’) and exciting (especially on the math rock and punk flavoured ‘Old Poisons’), Every Country’s Sun is an absorbing listen. In particular, the pigeonhole-busting ‘Party In The Dark’ is a huge highlight. A perfect indie pop song taking its cues from New Order and Teenage Fanclub, it proves that two decades on, the Scots still have plenty of tricks up their sleeves.