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Feb 28, 2013With the soundtrack to Les Revenants, they have created a work of aural tension; a masterclass in how implied threat is far more effective than a million scary monsters.
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Jul 29, 2013Their soundtrack for supernatural French drama The Returned is just as good [Mogwai's music for the extraordinary football movie Zidane]; no less absorbing whether you encounter it through headphones or on TV.
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Jul 26, 2013Mogwai's score for the French TV series Les Revenants places certain restrictions on the band's style which, it must be said, work to their advantage.
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Jul 25, 2013There's more here than we've heard on TV, but the tinkling bells and cellos of Hungry Face and unsettling guitar intro to The Huts work perfectly over a full-length album.
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Jun 4, 2013It’s a grower--and a cunningly deceptive one at that.
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The WireApr 5, 2013Mogwai eschew their trademark squall and fuzz for measured and clenched guitar chords, echoed piano notes and eerie arpeggios of guitar that stalk unresolved through a stark, naked soundscape. [Mar 2013, p.62]
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UncutMar 29, 2013These moody, brooding pieces avoid TV cliche and occasionally produce gems in their own right. [May 2013, p.74]
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Mar 28, 2013As much as Mogwai are known for defining post-rock's sound, they're just as good at defying expectations, which Les Revenants does with an intimate, low-key brilliance.
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MojoMar 7, 2013Les Revenants is more about establishing a complex, unsettling atmosphere than slashing Bernard Herrmann-esque quiet/loud dynamics. [Apr 2013, p.90]
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Feb 28, 2013So Les Revenants has, by virtue of finding perfect inspiration, become one of the more satisfyingly coherent and rangy of Mogwai's records.
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Feb 28, 2013The result is Mogwai’s most vital release in years; a collection of fully realized pieces that could be the closest they’ll ever come to an unplugged greatest hits.
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Feb 28, 2013Nevertheless, like British Sea Power have recently done with Man of Aran and From the Land to the Sea Beyond, Mogwai have again produced a soundtrack that stands up as an album in its own right.
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Feb 28, 2013The soundtrack album Les Revenants contains not a shred of the terror Mogwai is capable of wreaking, and it works terrifically--it rarely comes off overly dramatic or leading, and matches the unsettling feel of the show.
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Mar 28, 2013Ultimately Les Revenants is a Mogwai album without any rock, and this proves to be a smart move.
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Mar 13, 2013Mostly Les Revenants is impressive for showing just how good Mogwai is even when its playing against (a few of) its strengths.
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Feb 28, 2013Though it’s clearly crafted with a visual accompaniment in mind, it does just about work as its own album; albeit one of their strangest, and most inventive.
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Jul 29, 2013They've done a respectful job of augmenting the atmosphere of melancholy, contemplation and unease.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013[The soundtrack is paring] the sound down for wistful and occasionally beautiful miniatures. [May 2013, p.106]
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Mar 25, 2013The experience is filmic first and foremost, barely for a minute could Les Revenants survive as a stand-alone album, but it’s the curiosity and atmospherics of that leant narrative that compels the listener through the album.
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Mar 11, 2013A reflection of the outfit’s independent nature, Les Revenants shows Mogwai succeeding in their aim to replace the typical anxiety-inducing scores of horror flicks with one that urges the viewer to uncover their own fears within the melody.