Mogwai + Forest Swords

The tour will see Mogwai performing songs from across their 30 year-spanning discography, including their 11th studio album The Bad Fire, released earlier this year to considerable critical acclaim. Produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, Angel Olsen, John Grant) at Chem19 studios in Blantyre, Scotland, the album features the singles “Lion Rumpus”, “God Gets You Back” and “Fanzine Made Of Flesh”. A Scottish colloquialism for Hell, The Bad Fire draws inspiration from a series of tough personal moments that the band found themselves in following on from their chart-topping tenth album, 2021’s As The Love Continues.

The band continued to work through this, leading to the creation of The Bad Fire: a collection of songs that forgo nostalgia and easy victories, once again finding Mogwai pushing forward with some of the most beautiful and explosive songs of their career. It is a record that retains Mogwai’s power whilst delving into fresh new territory for the band.

FOREST SWORDS is electronic producer and artist Matthew Barnes, based in Liverpool, UK. Barnes is known for rewiring sounds into innovative electronic worlds, most recently on his acclaimed third album ‘Bolted’ (Ninja Tune), remixes for Bjork and Neneh Cherry, and curation of a release as part of the the iconic DJ-Kicks compilation series.

Over the past few years Barnes has also expanded into film scoring and sound art, composing the music for the Sundance award winning Netflix documentary ‘Ghosts of Sugar Land’, the acclaimed Xbox video game ‘As Dusk Falls’, independent films ‘Dogwatch’ and ‘Stephen’, and projects for the Norwegian National Ballet, Shanghai Biennale and BFI London Film Festival.

“Unexpectedly heavenly” - The Guardian, 4* Album Of The Week

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