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 Post subject: "It's possibly better than 'Loveless'."
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So Alan McGee says about Mogwai's upcoming album. Cute, huh?

How was Happy Songs anyway?

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I've heard a few of the tracks and they are good, but "possibly better than Loveless" is funny-ass hyperbole. I think I'll use it for everyday situations just to annoy people.
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"possibly better than Loveless" is funny-ass hyperbole.


It's our 'bigger than Jesus'.

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I've always found Mogwai to be "slighty better than Portishead" and MBV to be "yeah, they're pretty good, I guess."
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.

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DumpJack Wrote:
frosted Wrote:
"possibly better than Loveless" is funny-ass hyperbole.


It's our 'bigger than Jesus'.


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i think Loveless is a good 50th percentile mark.

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Is this a Loveless bashing thread? Then count me in!

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done.


Besides, don't people say this about EVERY Mogwai album? and doesn't Alan McGee say this about every album he's been tried to sell since Loveless? baash blimshah!

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better than Loveless might be a reason to avoid this album...
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Bah...

Mogwai is to Portishead as Explosions in the sky is to Jamiraquai (sp?)...
Can't really compare the 2...

As for the "better than loveless", I think that's more of a boastful statement that the album might reinvent/refind guitar-based soundscapes, much as MBV did with "loveless" so long ago...

Only thing is, Mogwai's albums are going to age more gracefully over time. This might seem like a ridiculous comment today but, in 2016, who knows?

And that Autolux album is the balls - really f'in good. I'd still take Mogwai over Autolux, though - on record or live. Not a criticism at all, 'cause I really like Autolux, but more of a statement

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Stop Breathin' Wrote:
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


I recently dld'ed this and my first impression is a good one. I'll be buying it.
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Bah...

Mogwai is to Portishead as Explosions in the sky is to Jamiraquai (sp?)...


Mainstream reviewers have lumped Mogwai with Portishead for a decade. Not that they're similar, but because in the 90's they garnered a Triple A-NPR audience that many indie rock/pop artists didn't.


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neuroboy Wrote:
Stop Breathin' Wrote:
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


It is really good. One of my top 10 records of last year.

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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


It's very ironic, and I swear I'm not making it up. I was actually listening to the Autolux in my truck the other day and thought to myself "this is better than Loveless." Now let me qualify that by saying that I'm no Loveless worshipper, but to me the songs are just better for an album that you would probably put in the same genre. It's not nearly as "droney", for lack of a better word, as Loveless. It's super good, though.

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neuroboy Wrote:
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.
It is quite possibly better than BSS, but I'm no BSS-worshiper...

I have a lot of albums that I rate higher than Loveless, but none would I consider better, just different. Loveless is on another plain entirely.

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neuroboy Wrote:
Stop Breathin' Wrote:
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


oh hell yes it's good, but i'd say it's stellar too.
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Stop Breathin' Wrote:
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


Stellar record. Great songs, great sounds, better than new BSS for sure.
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shit! i had that in my hand last weekend but decided on teh new broken social scene instead. is it good? i've only heard one song of theirs but liked it.


Stellar record. Great songs, great sounds, better than new BSS for sure.


Agreed.

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are you guys off your rocker and saying Autolux is better than Loveless? Fuck this.

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Loveless is overrated, sure. But that Autolux album is pretty terrible.

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are you guys off your rocker and saying Autolux is better than Loveless? Fuck this.


No, but > new BSS

not my opinion as I have not digested either album well enough, just my read on the thread
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I have a lot of albums that I rate higher than Loveless, but none would I consider better, just different. Loveless is on another plain entirely.


Dusty Chalk is the only one who makes any sense in this thread, God help us.

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