The Hawk Is Howling
by Mogwai
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 September 2008
- Label: Wall Of Sound
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:03:25
- Community rating: 3.64/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Returning to a purely instrumental format, Mogwai delivers a cinematic and expansive set of tracks. 'The Hawk Is Howling' is lighter on the quiet/loud dynamic, focusing instead on texture and melody. It features the fan favorite 'I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead'.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, crescendo, expansive, sprawling
Tracklist
- I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead (06:44)
- Batcat (05:24)
- Danphe and the Brain (05:17)
- Local Authority (04:14)
- The Sun Smells Too Loud (06:58)
- Kings Meadow (04:41)
- I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School (07:33)
- Scotland's Shame (08:00)
- Thank You Space Expert (07:53)
- The Precipice (06:41)
Credits
- Stuart Braithwaite - Member
- Dominic Aitchison - Member
- Martin Bulloch - Member
- John Cummings - Member
- Brendan O'Hare - Member
- Gareth Jones - mixed by
- James Aparicio - mixed by [assisted by]
- Yuhua's Thinking Studio - painting
- Nadia Bradley - photography by [band photo], design
- Andy Miller - recorded by
- Tony Doogan - recorded by
- Andi Whitelock - recorded by [bowed mandolin]
- Mogwai - songwriter [all songs by]