Mogwai Stream New Album ‘Rave Tapes’: Scottish Post-Rock Icons Offer Free Streaming Of New Album Prior To Official Release

Noise rock legends Mogwai will be releasing their new album Rave Tapes on January 20th, but fans don’t have to wait that long to listen. The band are streaming the album in full on Soundcloud for a limited time, ahead of its official release.

Band member Stuart Braithwaite announced the news via The Guardian. Here’s some excerpts:

“We wrote and recorded the record last year, starting writing in January and finishing mixing just before Halloween. It was written between our scabby, rat-infested rehearsal space in the Gorbals Glasgow, mine and John’s home studios and Barry’s practice space in Berlin…The album was recorded by Paul Savage who we worked on for our early single Summer as well as our first record Mogwai Young Team…The album has ten songs and features drums (both real and electronic), guitars, synthesizers, piano and singing (both vocodered and human). We hope you like it!”

Click here to listen to Rave Tapes On Soundcloud

I’ve given the album one listen, and this far I’m quite impressed. This feels like it has the potential to be their best effort since 2001’s Rock Action (my favorite remains Come On Die Young.)

Click here for my official Rave Tapes Review

In particular I love the synthesized John Carpenter stomp of Remurdered, and the languid soundscape of  Heard About You Last Night. 

Listen To Remurdered below:

So give Rave Tapes a listen and share your thoughts on it below.  And don’t forget to check them out on their 2014 tour, dates posted below:

North American tour dates:

Apr. 12 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Apr. 19 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Apr. 21 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Apr. 22 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
Apr. 23 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
Apr. 24 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Apr. 25 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
Apr. 26 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
Apr. 27 – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre
Apr. 29 – Miami, FL – Grand Central
Apr. 30 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
May 1 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham Theatre
May 3 – Nashville, TN – Exit In
May 6 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
May 7 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
May 8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 9 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
May 10 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
May 11 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
May 13 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
May 14 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
May 15. – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
May 16 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
May 17 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
May 18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Ave
May 20 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
May 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
May 24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
May 25 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre

European tour dates:

Jan. 22 – Newcastle, UK – Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre
Jan. 24 – London, UK – Royal Festival Hall
Jan. 25 – London, UK – Royal Festival Hall
Jan. 27 – Manchester, UK – Bridgewater Hall
Jan. 28 – Glasgow, UK – Royal Concert Hall
Jan. 30 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Feb. 1 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique – SOLD OUT
Feb. 2 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgigue
Feb. 3 – Paris, FR – Olympia
Feb. 4 – Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
Feb. 5 – Munich, DE – Backstage Werk
Feb. 6 – Berlin, DE – Temperdrome
Mar. 23 – Gothenburg, SE – Konserthuset
Mar. 24 – Stockholm, SE – Cirkus
Mar. 25 – Copenhagen, DK – Koncertsalen
Mar. 26 – Hamburg, DE – Grosse Freiheit
Mar. 27 – Zurich, DE – Volkshaus
Mar. 29 – Nimes, IT – Paloma
Mar. 30 – Bologna, IT – Estragon
Mar. 31 – Milan, IT – Alcatraz
Apr. 1 – Karlsruhe, DE – Substage
Apr. 2 – Cologne, DE – E-Werk
Apr. 3 – Lille, FR – Aeronef

And you can pre-order Rave Tapes vis iTunes and Amazon below:

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