- post-rock, rock, electronic
- 63 min
- 10 tracks
- Love Da Records
The Hawk Is Howling is the sixth studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 22 September 2008, by Wall of Sound, Play It Again Sam and Matador in the UK, Europe, and the US, respectively. It was released in Australia by Spunk Records on 27 September 2008.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Character-led, grave, contemporary and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
What critics gave it
Metacritic 76/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Observer Music Monthly4/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.5/10
- PopMatters7/10 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- The Skinny3/5 ★
- Slant4/5 ★
- URB4.5/5 ★
As listed in the ratings box of Wikipedia’s article (CC BY-SA). Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
Tracks
- 1I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead6:44
- 2Batcat5:25
- 3Danphe and the Brain5:18
- 4Local Authority4:15
- 5The Sun Smells Too Loud6:58
- 6Kings Meadow4:42
- 7I Love You, I’m Going to Blow Up Your School7:33
- 8Scotland’s Shame8:00
- 9Thank You Space Expert7:53
- 10The Precipice6:42
10 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mogwai
- Label
- Love Da Records
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- HK
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Where to listen
Each opens a search for this album on that service.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
- Mr. Beast 200687% alikeBoth character-led, grave, contemporary.
- Both character-led, grave, contemporary.
- Come On Die Young 199985% alikeBoth character-led, grave, contemporary.
- End 202383% alikeBoth grave, character-led, contemporary.
- In Absentia 200282% alikeBoth grave, contemporary, character-led.
- Ohms 202082% alikeBoth grave, character-led, spare.
- Fear of a Blank Planet 200782% alikeBoth grave, contemporary, character-led.
- Hushed and Grim 202180% alikeBoth grave, contemporary, character-led.
The Denial of Death 197375% alikeBook · Both character-led, grave, spare.
Disability Visibility 202074% alikeBook · Both contemporary, character-led, earnest.