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np: "moses? i amn't" - mogwai
another semi-disappointing release by Mogwai. not awful by any means, just not exactly what i was hoping for. of course, we can't expect them to go on making Young Team and Come On Die Young over and over for the rest of their career, but this just doesn't leave me with the sense of overwhelming awe that those two albums did. or maybe it's just the recent discovery of some of the Constellation releases, like Do Make Say Think or A Silver Mt. Zion. both of those bands gave me more of an emotional journey than Mogwai has been giving me recently. maybe it's just me, but i don't see any of those epic post-rock bands or albums as the type of thing that will "grow" on you. either they hit you immediately on the first listen, or they don't. i still remember the first time i heard Aegitis Bryjun, i just sat in the dark, breathless. of course not every album is going to do that to you, but i was hoping for a little more out of Mogwai this time around.