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8.4
106725
8.4 |
A.V. Club
It is a long way from home, but KIN’s brightest moments suggest Mogwai is still on the right path
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8.0
106724
8.0 |
The Skinny
KIN provides Mogwai's first opportunity to lend their talents to a major Hollywood production, and given the run of form they're on just now it's come at the perfect time
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8.0
106728
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Mogwai's ability to build tension with a bewildering breadth of emotional scope seems built into their very DNA
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8.0
106729
8.0 |
Q
A starkly beautiful suite of music by a band who - after two decades - just keeping growing in stature. Print edition only
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8.0
106767
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The uncommon soundtrack that doesn’t require any context other than its own to command more than passive attention
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7.0
106792
7.0 |
Clash
Soundtracks are in Mogwai’s blood. They’ve been scoring their lives since 1996, why not someone else’s?
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7.0
106732
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
By the high standards of Mogwai’s soundtrack work – and therefore their work in general – it’s a bit tread watery. But it’s still bloody Mogwai, a band never less than magical
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7.0
106726
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
As a demonstration of Mogwai’s range as they push on into their third decade of making music together, ‘KIN’ holds up as an admirably strong minor work for what has become a major band
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7.0
106727
7.0 |
The Music
Band leader Stuart Braithwaite has said that 'KIN' features some of his favourite ever music by Mogwai
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6.9
106868
6.9 |
Pitchfork
The Scottish group’s action flick soundtrack lacks their usual maximalist peaks but offers impressionistic sketches
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6.0
106784
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Even working within these margins, Kin features some pretty great Mogwai music
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6.0
106730
6.0 |
Uncut
As a whole it feels overfamiliar, with little of the cohesiveness that made, say, Les Revenants so powerful. Print edition only
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6.0
106731
6.0 |
Mojo
A tense, grace and often euphoric listening experience that simultaneously lacks the grit, drama and disquiet of their finest work. Print edition only
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