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Happy Songs for Happy People
Rock · 2003 · 10 tracks

Happy Songs for Happy People

Mogwai

Crystalline synths and processed vocals meet Mogwai's signature guitar swells. A more subdued, electronic-leaning evolution of the post-rock blueprint.

May 21, 2003 · [PIAS]

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A cold, digital melancholy that feels both isolated and deeply comforting.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Hunted by a Freak
4:16
02
Moses? I Amn’t
3:01
03
Kids Will Be Skeletons
5:27
04
Killing All the Flies
4:35
05
Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
3:05
06
Ratts of the Capital
8:25
07
Golden Porsche
2:48
08
I Know You Are but What Am I?
5:17
09
Stop Coming to My House
4:56
10
Sad DC
4:30
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the vocoder on Hunted by a Freak turns a human voice into a weeping cello.
The eight minute slow burn of Ratts of the Capital that finally erupts into a controlled storm.
The fragile, interlocking guitar patterns on Kids Will Be Skeletons that feel like clockwork breaking.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Happy Songs for Happy People sound next to the rest of Mogwai's catalogue?

Processed+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.

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