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Kin

Mogwai

Kin

The latest soundtrack from the Scottish post-rock band and first for a major Hollywood production

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Rock Action
UK Release date
31/08/2018
US Release date
31/08/2018
  1. 8.4 |   A.V. Club

    It is a long way from home, but KIN’s brightest moments suggest Mogwai is still on the right path
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    KIN provides Mogwai's first opportunity to lend their talents to a major Hollywood production, and given the run of form they're on just now it's come at the perfect time
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  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Mogwai's ability to build tension with a bewildering breadth of emotional scope seems built into their very DNA
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    A starkly beautiful suite of music by a band who - after two decades - just keeping growing in stature. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The uncommon soundtrack that doesn’t require any context other than its own to command more than passive attention
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    Soundtracks are in Mogwai’s blood. They’ve been scoring their lives since 1996, why not someone else’s?
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    By the high standards of Mogwai’s soundtrack work – and therefore their work in general – it’s a bit tread watery. But it’s still bloody Mogwai, a band never less than magical
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  8. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    As a demonstration of Mogwai’s range as they push on into their third decade of making music together, ‘KIN’ holds up as an admirably strong minor work for what has become a major band
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  9. 7.0 |   The Music

    Band leader Stuart Braithwaite has said that 'KIN' features some of his favourite ever music by Mogwai
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  10. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    The Scottish group’s action flick soundtrack lacks their usual maximalist peaks but offers impressionistic sketches
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  11. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Even working within these margins, Kin features some pretty great Mogwai music
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  12. 6.0 |   Uncut

    As a whole it feels overfamiliar, with little of the cohesiveness that made, say, Les Revenants so powerful. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A tense, grace and often euphoric listening experience that simultaneously lacks the grit, drama and disquiet of their finest work. Print edition only


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