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Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Mogwai

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

The Glaswegian post-rock quintet follow up last year's live album with their seventh studio release

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Rock Action
UK Release date
14/02/2011
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Reminiscent of 2006 opus Mr Beast in its willingness to swing between significantly disparate styles
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  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    They still summon great surges of ravishing noise. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A striking snapshot of a band on top of their ever-evolving game
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    Sounds defiantly re-energised. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   BBC

    Master craftsmen when it comes to this variety of rock (choose, and use, your own prefix).
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Long live the kings of post-rock noise
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    At times it is fragile, ambient while at others it has a baseball bat and is thoroughly beating you over the head with it, it's post-rock, it's trip-hop, it's ambient, it's punk rock
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  8. 8.0 |   NME

    Some of their finest songs since Mr Beast
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  9. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    A band still at odds with people's perceptions of how they think Mogwai should sound
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  10. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Among the most concise and well-paced albums in Mogwai's catalogue
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  11. 8.0 |   DIY

    Mogwai aren’t content until they pull you into the heart of their maelstrom, before unceremoniously throwing you out again
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  12. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    A simple manifestation of five people getting together to take great pleasure in the abandon of making a racket
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  13. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    More consistently tranquil, reflective and melodic than any of their previous album
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  14. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Molten crescendos intertwine with humming diminuendos, whilst muscular rock music collides with classical dynamics and eerie lyricless balladry
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  15. 8.0 |   Blurt

    Is going to be one of 2011's best albums, AutoTune and pop melodies and all
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  16. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    The peaks and valleys have eroded into slightly more forgiving terrain on Hardcore, but they’re still worth a trip
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  17. 7.4 |   Rolling Stone

    Still inventive, still challenging themselves and still insanely loud
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  18. 7.0 |   Spin

    Hardcore is mostly content to refine the band's epic, frequently breathtaking constructions
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  19. 7.0 |   The Observer

    The post-rock veterans' seventh album favours blissed-out slow-build over the sonic ambushes of their early years
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  20. 7.0 |   AU Review

    Overall, a fine release, proving there’s life in the old dog yet…
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  21. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    A record of savvy rock vets kicking at distortion pedals until something frothy emerges
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  22. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Mogwai is good enough at what they do to keep it fresh enough
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  23. 6.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    A fine album 'Hardcore Will Never Die' may be, but from a band of Mogwai's calibre, fine is a little disappointing
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  24. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Their moody, muscled, ratchet-happy approach to making music is died and cast as can be
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  25. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Polite water treading
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  26. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Mogwai might not bend your ear quite as aggressively as they used to, but they're better company for it. Print edition only

  27. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Definitely merits a place in their canon
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  28. 6.0 |   Eye Weekly

    What the album gains in immediacy, it loses in scope
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  29. 4.0 |   State

    For the first time in their career Mogwai genuinely sound like they’re out of ideas: Hardcore Will Never Die… is bland, listless and uninspiring
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  30. 4.0 |   Bowlegs

    Despite offering rare flashes of brilliance, ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ becomes overshadowed by the bands unwillingness to break free from the self imposed shackles of monoton
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  31. 4.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Arrogant, impersonal, and deluded... and increasingly disappointing
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