The members of the Scottish quintet Mogwai are the hooligans of post rock. Not only avid Celtic fans but also loud post rockers with a penchant for gritty guitar rock with drunken titles like I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead and Punk Rock Puff Daddy Anti-Christ. The title of this seventh album may also be there. The music on this sounds like a weekday office day for Mogwai, where dissonant guitars
… predominate against tight, krautrock-like rhythms and whirring electronics. Perhaps more special is the bonus CD with the music the group made for an installation by visual artists Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai. Previously, Mogwai provided the score for the documentary film Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait (about the eponymous French football player) by Turner Price winner Douglas Gordon. Monument For A Forgotten Future is an elongated, minimal piece in which Mogwai never lets go of the tension and shows a surprisingly fragile side. (MR)more
