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Stream New Mogwai Single ‘Ether’

• 12th Feb 2016

Mogwai have revealed ‘Ether’, the second track to be lifted from their forthcoming new album Atomic, due for release on 1 April via Rock Action in CD, double gatefold LP and digital formats.

The album is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to director Mark Cousin’s acclaimed documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which first aired on BBC Four last summer.

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite says: “Mark’s film captures both the horror and beauty of the atomic age. Ever since we went to Hiroshima this has been a subject very close to us. Ether is the first song on the album and soundtracks the opening and most optimistic part of the film. We tried to mirror that with the music. The soundtrack is one of the most intense and fulfilling projects we’ve taken on as a band, and one that i’m extremely proud of.”

Mogwai will perform Atomic live at Donaufestival, Krems, Austria on 1 May, with more live shows to be announced shortly.