Mogwai share expansive single ‘Lion Rumpus’ and announce new album ‘The Bad Fire’

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Mogwai have announced their 11th studio album, ‘The Bad Fire’ – listen to new single ‘Lion Rumpus’ below.The Glasgow band are due to release the 10-track record on January 24 via Rock Action – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.

Following on from 2021’s ‘As The Love Continues’, the forthcoming project has already been previewed with the song ‘God Gets You Back’.‘The Bad Fire’ was produced by Grammy-winner John Congleton (St.

Vincent, Angel Olsen, John Grant) at the Chem19 studios in Blantyre, Scotland.Mogwai’s latest offering ‘Lion Rumpus’ finds Stuart Braithwaite and co. “at their coruscating and progressive best”, per a press release.The single opens with an anthemic and expansive intro, eventually introducing squeals of distorted electric guitar.

Later, robotic vocals blend into the huge wall-of-sound instrumental – which doesn’t let up over its three-and-a-half-minute duration.“At its core ‘Lion Rumpus’ hones in on Mogwai’s ability to create vast swells of emotion without ever pandering to their audience nor playing it safe,” a description reads.The track is accompanied by an official music video that follows Glaswegian native Lawrence (Larry) Wilson, who became a dog walker after moving to New York.Directed by Mogwai’s long-time collaborator Antony Crook (who helmed the 2024 documentary Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound), the visuals take us through the streets of downtown Manhattan with some of the dogs and people that Wilson meets along the way.