Mogwai - Rock Action
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Artist: MogwaiEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-04-24
Music Label: Matador Records
Soundtracks:
- Sine Wave
- Take Me Somewhere Nice
- O I Sleep
- Dial: Revenge
- You Don't Know Jesus
- Robot Chant
- 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
- Secret Pint
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Music Review: Relax
Rating: 5 Stars
"Rock Action" picks up where "Come On Die Young" and "EP+2" left off. And for those of you wondering, yes there are indeed more vocals on this album than the last. But this isn't a bad thing. Repeat: this isn't bad. If anything, the largest improvement over previous efforts is the lush arrangement of the album. Gone is the sparse and sometimes dry formula of the past and thrown together are organs, strings, synthesizers, and get this, banjos. Don't panic quite yet. Rock Action arguably boasts three of the most lush, soaring, ethereal, and best Mogwai songs recorded yet. The first of these is the opening track, "Sine Wave". It's a relatively quiet number with sparse drums, hypnotizing subtle guitar lines and popcorn like synthesizer bleeps that run around and through every speaker, reminiscent of some Trent Reznor bad dream. When it's all said and done "Sine Wave" is a cautious, beautiful opener that sets the sharply defined tone for the album. Number two of the Rock Action power trilogy is "You Don't Know Jesus". I never thought I knew him, but Mogwai seems to think so. In more of a traditional sense, "You Don't Know Jesus" is the most comfortable track on the album. Long, ominous, and saddening, it's a track that reminds us who we're listening to, just in case anyone forgets. And finally, there is "2 Rights Make 1 Wrong". You'll immediately refer to this song as "the one with the banjo". Perhaps the most poignant comparison to make would be with the opening track of Godspeed You Black Emperor!'s "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven". Both tracks are, gasp, uplifting epics that actually make the listener feel good rather than casually deliver the token post rock melancholic disposition. The other tracks on Rock Action aren't exactly weak either. Gruff Rhys, frontman of the Welsh supergroup Super Furry Animals, lends his voice to "Dial: Revenge" and the result is a particularly haunting piece, nicely equipped with a tragic acoustic guitar and vocals sung entirely in Welsh. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of Rock Action is its length, a tart 38 minutes. When the album ends, unfortunately with the weakest song on the album, "Secret Pint", perhaps the most appropriate response would be a sigh of relief. They've added more instruments and they've added more voices. Nevertheless, Mogwai has done it. They've made an album that survives their own musical evolution.
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