Mogwai / Every Country's Sun
Artist Mogwai
Album Title: Every Country's Sun
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format Vinyl 180 gm (2)
Released 09/01/2017
Label Temporary Residence Limited
Catalog No TRR291LP
Bar Code No 6-5660532911-6
Packaging Gatefold LP Sleeve
Tracks
Every Country's Sun (LP 1)
A1. Coolverine (6:16)
A2. Party In The Dark (4:02)
A3. Brain Sweeties (4:43)
B1. Crossing The Road Material (6:57)
B2. Aka 47 (4:16)
B3. 20 Size (4:44)
Every Country's Sun (LP 2)
A1. 1000 Foot Face (4:31)
A2. Don't Believe The Fife (6:23)
B1. Battered At A Scramble (4:02)
B2. Old Poisons (4:30)
B3. Every Country's Sun (5:37)
Date Acquired 10/02/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from Temporary Residence Limited Website
Purchase Price 27.00

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Notes

Design, Illustration – DLT
Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
Producer [Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] – Matt Estep
Producer, Mixed By – Dave Fridmann
Written-By, Performer – Mogwai
Produced At – Tarbox Road Studios
Mixed At – Tarbox Road Studios
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Published By – Tomorrow Hits Publishing
Published By – Kobalt Music Publishing
Recorded At – Castle Of Doom Studios
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR9       -0.78 dB   -12.51 dB      6:12 01-Coolverine
DR8       -0.68 dB   -11.05 dB      4:04 02-Party In The Dark
DR8       -0.21 dB   -10.69 dB      4:41 03-Brain Sweeties
DR8       -0.50 dB   -11.40 dB      7:00 04-Crossing The Road Material
DR7       -1.74 dB   -12.73 dB      4:16 05-Aka 47
DR8       -0.00 dB   -10.68 dB      4:42 06-20 Size
DR8       -1.05 dB   -12.40 dB      4:33 07-1000 Foot Face
DR9       -0.66 dB   -14.69 dB      6:24 08-Don't Believe The Fife
DR9       -0.39 dB   -12.07 dB      4:04 09-Battered At A Scramble
DR9       -0.98 dB   -10.98 dB      4:24 10-Old Poisons
DR7       -0.00 dB   -11.15 dB      5:36 11-Every Country's Sun
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 766 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:

Mogwai rang in their 22nd year of existence with Every Country's Sun, their first non-soundtrack album since 2014's Rave Tapes and their first without founding guitarist John Cummings. Despite the lineup change, there are no drastic differences to the band's approach, and they spend most of the album expressing the extremes of their minimalism and maximalism. They bookend the set with songs that are quintessentially Mogwai: the slow-burning opener, "Coolverine," begins with shimmering keyboards and warm bass before layers of guitar, synths, and brass take the track to the saturation point, while the deep drones and explosive guitars of "Every Country's Sun" close the album with a blaze of cathartic glory. In between, Mogwai offer cerebral pleasures like the aptly named "Brain Sweeties," a sonic sculpture that sets a circular guitar motif spinning above perpetually tumbling drums and gently arcing synths, and "aka 47," a strangely shifting mood piece for analog synth and pedal steel that reaffirms why the band's film scores are so compelling. Elsewhere, they provide more visceral satisfaction with "Party in the Dark"'s fizzy alt-rock and the seething guitar workout "Battered at a Scramble"; it's no coincidence that this track is reminiscent of Rock Action, an album that also featured Every Country's Sun producer Dave Fridmann. Just as Mogwai maintain the tension of most of these songs for as long as possible, they also save the album's biggest climaxes for last, as on the furious "Old Poisons." As effective as the band's loud-quiet juxtapositions can be, there are times when Every Country's Sun feels more like an exercise in pacing and dynamics than purposeful expression: "20 Size" is all climax, while the spacy ramble "Crossing the Road Material" lacks any peaks. Moments like these are reminders that there's a fine line between repeating and elaborating on a band's style, especially when that band has had as distinctive and lengthy a career as Mogwai's. Nevertheless, Every Country's Sun has enough great moments to please fans.
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