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With their classic debut
all fancily reissued and available for the purchase,
Mogwai have recast their gaze towards the future. Their new LP,
The Hawk Is Howling, is due September 22 in the UK and September 23 in the U.S. on
Matador, and just a few weeks before its release, the post-rock vets will issue a very cool-sounding EP with a little help from a bona fide psych icon. (Via
NME.com, confirmed by Matador.)
The
Batcat EP begins with a pair of non-album cuts: there's "Batcat", of course, plus the unfortunately titled "Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend". But it's the closer, "Devil Rides", that really fascinates, as it sports vocal contributions from freakout legend/13th Floor Elevators frontman
Roky Erickson. It's due on CD, 12" and digitally September 8 in the UK and on 12" and digitally (
not on CD) September 9 in the U.S.
With an EP and LP all lined up, there's only one thing left on the rock action checklist: a tour. Mogwai have a mess of dates over the coming months, including a trio of just-announced UK gigs off in October. Word of a full-out fall tour can be expected closer to the fact.
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