The art-rock outfit to continue without guitarist John Cummings with new album.
Art-rock Glaswegians Mogwai have unveiled that they will release their new album, Atomic, on April 1st. They have also shared new track ‘U-235’, which you can listen to below. Guitarist John Cummings left the band in November to pursue other projects.
Atomic will be a reworking of their Storyville – Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise, that soundtracked the documentary that aired on the BBC last year. Guitarist Stuart Braithwaite has released a statement discussing the new album:
“The Atomic soundtrack is one of the most intense and fulfilling projects we’ve taken on as a band. Ever since we went to Hiroshima to play and visited the peace park this has been a subject very close to us. The end results, both the film score and the record are pieces I’m extremely proud of”
The band are also planning more live shows.
Braithwaite has been one of a pantheon of artists to pay tribute to the late David Bowie (via Pitchfork):
“David Bowie meant everything to me. With “Starman” he taught me as a child that music is a pathway to wonder. As I grew up my love for his music grew, too. Ziggy, Hunky Dory, and The Man Who Sold the World were a snapshot of life before I was born, full of romance, characters, and passion. The Berlin trilogy were art rock masterpieces whose scope, melody, and ambition have never been matched. And hit songs. Always pop perfection. No one else knew the path from the avant-garde to the charts like he did. His songs have soundtracked every stage of my life. His was a musical path no one else has even attempted to replicate. He was a visionary and a genius. With Blackstar he blew me away just the other day. Today it sounds even more poignant: the perfect goodbye. Thank you David. We never met but I’m going to miss you”
‘U-235’.
‘Teenage Exorcists’