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Title: Seatbelts please...
Review: Despite all comparisons to Slint, Tortise and Aerial M, Mogwai really kick-started the brand of music played by the aforementioned bands along with GSYBE!, Sigur Ros and Labradaford with this album. Right from the start they establish the buoyant, exhilarating, aggressive mood that runs throughout the record. However, darker, calmer tones emerge in tracks such as "Tracy" and the haunting "R U still in 2 it." Yet the highlights are by far "Like Herod" and "Mogwai Fear Satan." The former rumbles along for a bit, peters out, and then hits the listener on the rebound like a freight train. The first time I heard it I flinched. The last track on the album is a perfect conclusion, a gradual crescendo into all-out riffs, and then coming back down on the high, simple melody of Barry Burn's flute. This is by far the best album on my shelf, and should be prequisite listening for any true rock fan.
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