Composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to director Mark Cousin's acclaimed documentary Atomic Living In Dread and Promise which first aired on BBC Four last summer Constructed entirely of archive film 'Atomic' is an impressionistic kaleidoscope of the horrors of our nuclear times protest marches Cold War sabrerattling Chernobyl and Fukishima but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world and how xrays and MRI scans have improved human lives Mogwai's soundtrack encapsulates the nightmare of the nuclear age but its dreamlike qualities too It is the latest in the band's series of impressive soundtracks and scores following acclaimed albums 'Les Revenants' The Returned and 'Zidane A 21st Century Portrait'