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Mogwai has signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. “Atomic” will be the legendary Scottish group's first release with the label in nearly two decades, and their first since the departure of longtime member John Cummings.
“Atomic” is 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 sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima - but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays 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.
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite says: "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."
TRACK LISTING:
01. ETHER
02. SCRAM
03.BITTERNESS CENTRIFUGE
04. U-235
05.PRIPYAT
06.WEAK FORCE
07.LITTLE BOY
08.ARE YOU A DANCER?
09. TZAR
10.FAT MAN
