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- Summary: The Scottish post-rock band reworked a version of the soundtrack to Mark Cousins' documentary Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise for its .
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- Record Label: Temporary Residence
- Genre(s): Alternative Pop/Rock
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| [MusixMatch] I'm in over my head They wanna try and build me up So they can tear me down I wish that I could be back there But I'm right here right... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mar 25, 2016Atomic picks up where the krauty electronic wash that coloured Rave Tapes left off, and sees the band brandishing some of their most compelling work to date.
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Mar 30, 2016If you are impatient, you’ll dread wondering if some of the songs are going anywhere, but most listeners will be fully rewarded with the promise that even the most ominous music on here is leading up to something transportive.
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Mar 25, 2016Atomic is a conceptual artwork that is overshadowed and at times overburdened by its subject matter. Yet taken in this context it holds a brutalist, otherworldly thrall all its own.
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May 31, 2016Because it’s a soundtrack, where the music works in support of narrative and imagery, Atomic remains subdued.
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Apr 1, 2016It’s Atomic that helps listeners make sense of this evolution in Mogwai’s interest in synthesizers. Synths do play a major role on Atomic, but the record is still unmistakably Mogwai, filled with moments of triumph, beauty, and horror.
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May 9, 2016Atomic is a refinement of Mogwai's already fluent dramatic instrumental expressionism. [May - Jun 2016, p.95]
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MagnetAug 2, 2016Atomic offers rare glimpses into the band's writing process and exists as an anomaly in Mogwai's catalog that's sure to intrigue diehard fans, but offers little more to anyone else. [No. 132, p.57]
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