Part of the rollout for Mogwai’s latest album As The Love Continues back in February was Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns, and band’s account live-tweeting a playthrough of the record on Tim’s Twitter Listening Party the night before the album was certified as their first #1 record in the UK. Not a bad way to celebrate their 25th anniversary as a band.
Mogwai / As The Love Continues @ Tim’s Twitter Listening Party
I think it’s a brilliant record, but obviously I’m biased as I’ve been a fan for a big chunk of those 25 years and am hard-wired to luxuriate in anything they do and find their process fascinating. Burns and Braithwaite went in-depth with Computer Music about recording Love, including how plans to track the record in upstate New York with Dave Fridmann got COVID-ed and resulted in working with the producer remotely:
He confessed to Guitar World that the avowed Telecaster master has been won over by the Jazzmaster, using it all over the new record:
Guitar magazine reviewed the album from the perspective of giant guitar nerds:
Braithwaite covered the usual talking points with Snack and Tone Deaf, including the origin of the title of standout fuzz-fest, “Ceiling Granny”:
Interview: Stuart Braithwaite talks about Mogwai’s new album As the Love Continues @ Snack
Mogwai discuss The Exorcist III, their new album and 25 years in music @ Tone Deaf
And the actual accidental genesis of one of the riffs in that song was covered in conversation with Treble:
Glorious Mistakes: A Conversation With Mogwai @ Treble
XSNoise got into the songwriting process with Braithwaite:
Buzz had a general chat around the new record with Stuart:
Clash got Braithwaite on the phone on the album’s release day to talk about their new vinyl baby:
Here We Go Forever: Mogwai Interviewed @ Clash
And Barry Burns took a rare turn as interviewee when Nothing But Hope And Passion came calling, discussing the album process from his perspective:
