Come on Die Young

...head-banging buddies had shown up with their double-drum kit and amps cranked to eleven to jam. The result is similar to Mogwai's Come On Die Young, which likewise used the instrumentation of heavy metal and punk to make a delicate,...

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...band Mogwai use an audio recording of Gzowski's interview with Iggy Pop in the song Punk Rock, the first song from their album Come on Die Young. Gzowski co-wrote the song, with Ian Tyson. The song - advocating Canadian unity - was...

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...on 10 April 1991, and four years later, along with school friend Martin Bulloch, they formed Mogwai. ''Mogwai Young Team'' and ''Come On Die Young'' (1997-1999) Solo work and ''Rock Action'' (2000-2002) In 2000, Braithwaite played...

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...by Chemikal Underground. It is somewhat different from the rest of Mogwai's work because of its reserved tone. The album's second track, "Cody" is much more like a traditional pop song than most of the band's repertoire. Still slow and...

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...is an interesting listen as it marks the point of stylistic change for the band, moving from the dark, ominous sounds of Young Team and Come On Die Young, which alternated between ultra-sparse arrangements and barrages of noise and...

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...time, Mogwai utilised synthesisers, expanding their timbral palette. The single "Dial: Revenge" fills much the same role that "Cody" did on Come on Die Young, featuring (Welsh-language) vocals from Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals (When the...

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The album's sound is a departure from the more straightforward rock songs on Mr. Beast and a return of the slow, experimental style of Come on Die Young. It features darker, slower songs with haunting piano and gentle guitar melodies, as...

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...been the biggest factors in shaping that? SB: I think that we've mostly kept quite a high standard in our records but my favorites are Come On Die Young and Happy Songs for Happy People. I think that the reason for those being so good...

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...of those salad days, when you've long since graduated to haute cuisine. Mogwai has done some exploding in the interim: From 1999's Come On Die Young to 2006's Mr. Beast (which the band considers the actual best thing they've ever...

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...a much louder, majestic twist. The Hawk is Howling is filled with deliberate, meditative epics that recall its understated 1999 effort Come On Die Young. But Brathwaite explains that the similarities aren't planned, but possibly...

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