Antony Crook: Last News

Mogwai have announced a live-streamed show to mark the release of their upcoming new album ‘As The Love Continues’.Following on from 2017’s ‘Every Country’s Sun’, the 11-track record will arrive on February 19, 2021 via the band’s own Rock Action label.Today (December 17), Mogwai took to social media to share details of a “worldwide live performance” directed by their longterm collaborator Antony Crook.Filmed at Glasgow’s Tramway, the concert will air on Saturday, February 13 at 8pm GMT. It will be fans’ “first opportunity to hear our new album in full” ahead of its release six days later.Digital tickets are available here for £15.

Mogwai have shared a trailer for their new documentary If The Stars Had A Sound. Check it out below.Arriving yesterday (January 10), the new trailer comes as the first preview to the upcoming documentary about the Scottish band – which is set to follow them from their inception to the present day.Filmed and directed by Antony Crook and produced by Kyrie MacTavish (Super Special, Anna and the Apocalypse), along with Blazing Griffin and Adler Entertainment, the post-production stage of the project is now complete, and set for release later this year.Scheduled to make its debut in the Spring, the world premiere of If The Stars Had A Sound will take place at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, this March.“Over 25 years and 10 studio albums – using brute sonic force mixed with subtlety and grace – Mogwai have defined their own musical genre and built a loyal following by staying true to their sound and true to their roots,” reads a press release for the documentary.“The film takes us on a journey from their very beginnings, in the mid-1990s, to the band writing and rehearsing their tenth studio album in their hometown of Glasgow, Scotland in 2020 – a record made during lockdown,” it adds.