The Hawk Is Howling

圧倒的な人気を誇るイギリス･グラスゴーの至宝MOGWAIによる約2 年半振り6 作目となる新作スタジオ･アルバム！1 時間以上に渡る大巨編ここに極まる！本作は、初期MOGWAI作品に関わっていたANDY MILLERによるプロデュース。世界各国で大絶賛された前作『Mr. BEAST』で全面的に押し出した荒々しくラウドなサウンドは究極まで研ぎ澄まされ破壊的な進化を遂げた。また、一方で心地よい静寂と美しく奏でられるギターのアルペジオはMOGWAI のみが出せる至極のサウンドとなった。

Spin (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hen they work up a good buzz and growl or hit a scrumptious riff, Mogwai still take your breath away." Alternative Press (p.160) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] study in timbral counterpoint, where themes are built and torn down and built again perpetually in a circular swirl-catapulting from the void up to the heavens and back again." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.51) - "[R]ich textures reveal themselves anew with every listen. Few bands write this many great songs in a career, let alone on one, sole album." Kerrang (Magazine) (p.61) - Ranked #13 in Kerrang's Best Albums Of The Year 2008 -- "[T]hey broadened the horizons of their already expansive sound into something truly breathtaking..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE HAWK IS HOWLING finds Glasgow's guitar army relaxing the taut, economical songcraft of its 2006 predecessor, MR. BEAST, and setting a new standard for irreverent track titles." Record Collector (magazine) (pp.92-93) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "The release of the band's sixth studio album sees the Glasgow quintet surpass themselves, not only on the musical side of things, but on the song title front too." Clash (Magazine) (p.115) - "Refining their sound without losing their passion for noise, the Scots post rock troupe have lost none of their vicious charm."