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Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings
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Positive: 22 out of 25
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Mixed: 3 out of 25
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Mar 10, 2021
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May 13, 2011Mogwai have been really bouncing around different things in these last few years and are getting on to something here. Every song is great but what keeps them from absolute perfection is that they are all about 3 minutes too long and the songwriting doesn't change enough for a song like "the sun smells too loud" to be 6 minutes.
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MojoThe Hawk Is Howling finds the Glasgow's guitar army relaxing the taut, economical songcraft of its 2006 predecessor, "Mr. Beast," and setting a new standard for irreverent track titles. [Oct 2008, p.102]
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Masters at building tension upon tension then gently letting it go, their cyclical instrumentals are both sorrowful and consoling.
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Q MagazineThe Hawk Is Howling is similarly impressive [to "Mr. Beast"], the band's earlier experiments in noise more reined in, allowing a subtle and textured approach. [Oct 2008, p.149]