Name: Happy Songs for Happy People
Brand: Mogwai

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PIASX035LP

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-09-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5413356453515

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

PIAA0035.1

Green

Transparent Green Vinyl

Extended format: Yes

2023-11-03

5400863133757

Green LP

Artist

Mogwai

Genre US

Post Rock

Label US

PIAS

<p>Scottish 'post-rock' band formed in Glasgow in 1995 by Stuart Braithwaite (guitars, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (guitars) and Martin Bulloch (drums). John Cummings soon joined as an additional guitarist.</p>
<p>Brendan O'Hare, formerly of Teenage Fanclub, temporarily joined the band in 1997 and contributed to their debut LP Young Team. O'Hare left at the end of that year. After touring with Mogwai in the summer of 1998, multi-instrumentalist Barry Burns was invited to become a full-time member.</p>

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Though "happy" isn't necessarily the first word that springs to mind when describing the band's intricate, brooding style, it is a word and emotion that is both simple and profound, much like the direction Mogwai's music takes here. Happy Songs for Happy People takes the focus and restraint of Rock Action to greater lengths, but it never feels like a rehash of their previous work. The palette of sounds the band uses -- which includes rolling guitars and pianos, swelling strings, persuasive but un-showy drumming, and occasional forays into distortion and electronics -- is a relatively small one, but the band uses it wisely on tracks as diverse as the lovely, understated "Kids Will Be Skeletons" (arguably the "happiest" song on the album) and the gloriously dense finale, "Stop Coming to My House," which piles layers and layers of distorted drums, guitars, and synths atop each other. Mogwai also employs its usual quietly beautiful/explosively noisy dynamic formula expertly, particularly on the gorgeous "Killing All the Flies," which feels much longer (in a good way) than four and a half minutes.

Happy Songs for Happy People

Music US

Discover Happy Songs for Happy People by Mogwai. Available in LP and CD formats. PIAS label. A diverse palette of sounds takes you on a journey from understated beauty to glorious density.