{"id":2130,"date":"2011-07-20T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2011-07-20T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T18:52:23","slug":"mogwai-hardcore-will-never-die-but-you-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2011\/07\/20\/mogwai-hardcore-will-never-die-but-you-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Mogwai &#8211; Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/mogwai-hardcore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2135\" title=\"mogwai-hardcore\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/mogwai-hardcore-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will<\/em> is the seventh studio release by Scottish post-rock\/shoegaze group  Mogwai. These guys have been together for over 20 years now, and it  shows. The new album is pulled together and packed with a ton of energy  and tenacity. You\u2019ll get no comparisons from me of <em>Hardcore<\/em> to previous Mogwai albums. For that I apologize, both to you (the  reader) and myself. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve missed out on these guys for  the large majority of my young adult life. <em>Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will<\/em> is a hefty title to put out there, encompassing a dark humor to an odd,  uncomfortable irony. In my mind, this album is that story exactly.  Synths and distortions simmer with guitars and drums to provide a  fast-paced landscape whose music will survive, while its inhabitants  pass through unnoticed. City lights glow and cars speed through tunnels  while swells and riffs take their hold on a thriving (albeit, doomed)  existence. \u201cWhite Noise\u201d is a great opener and by far a favorite, along  with \u201cLetters to the Metro\u201d and \u201cGeorge Square Thatcher Death Party.\u201d  (Sub Pop Records, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subpoprecords.com\">www.subpoprecords.com<\/a>) <strong>Victoria King<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is the seventh studio release by Scottish post-rock\/shoegaze group Mogwai. These guys have been together for over 20 years now, and it shows. The new album is pulled together and packed with a ton of energy and tenacity. You\u2019ll get no comparisons from me of Hardcore to previous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[629],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-mogwai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}