Happy Songs for Happy People — Mogwai

A cold, digital melancholy that feels both isolated and deeply comforting.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

Hunted by a Freak

4:16

Moses? I Amn’t

3:01

Kids Will Be Skeletons

5:27

Killing All the Flies

4:35

Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep

3:05

Ratts of the Capital

8:25

Golden Porsche

2:48

I Know You Are but What Am I?

5:17

Stop Coming to My House

4:56

Sad DC

4:30

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the vocoder on Hunted by a Freak turns a human voice into a weeping cello.

The eight minute slow burn of Ratts of the Capital that finally erupts into a controlled storm.

The fragile, interlocking guitar patterns on Kids Will Be Skeletons that feel like clockwork breaking.

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