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Tony Stamp looks back at some of his favourite international albums of 2021, including UK soul, Scottish post-rock, folk songs about movies, and more.

Here We Go Forever: Mogwai Interviewed Pushing COVID barriers to produce an exemplary new album... Mogwai are a force of nature. The Glasgow rooted band have pushed past countless barriers in their time, a 25 year span that has found them move from the out-skirts of British music to claiming bona fide Top 10 success. New album 'As The Love Continues' is simply remarkable, even by their own lofty standards. Following hot on the heels of their ZeroZeroZero soundtrack work, it displays a warmth, a generosity of spirit that feels much-needed in these endless lockdown times. ...

Mogwai - As The Love Continues (Album Review) Monday, 22 February 2021 Photo: Antony Crook In the biography that comes with ‘As the Love Continues’ comedian Robin Ince writes, “Mogwai are a band of no significant meaning.” And, while that may seem like a jab, it’s hard to argue with him. As much as the post-rock quartet’s name may suggest a love for Gremlins, it only stuck because they “meant to change it, but never got around to it.” Their in-joke album titles have ranged from ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ to ‘The Hawk Is Howling’. Plus, their lumin...

Reviews / / 17 · 02 · 2021 Mogwai are a busy band. Many acts nearing the end of their third decade would be forgiven for slowing their pace, for being selective in their output, and even for running out of ideas. Not Mogwai. This will be their fourth studio album in the last 10 years - a decade which has also seen them release three EPs, two live albums, a lovingly compiled six LP best-of, one remix album, and five original scores - albums which themselves have been critically acclaimed in their own right. Originally set to be recorded in the US, the pandemic of 202...

Credit: Antony Crook Mogwai have evolved into a collective of reputable soundtrack composers over the last 15 years. Ever since they first scored the captivating Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait documentary in 2006, which tracked the movements of the eccentric ex-French footballer during a 90 minute match, the Scottish post-rockers have built up an impressive portfolio that includes the haunting Les Revenants soundtrack in 2013 and, more recently, Sky Italian crime drama ZeroZeroZero. The first four tracks on their 10th studio album ‘As The Love Continues’ furrow that same moody c...