Well, in case you didn't hear, Scottish post rock masters Mogwai are set to release a new album in February 2011, the brilliantly titled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. Today, the band unveiled the cover art, which you can see above. It's an incredibly captivating image, playing with a theme of man vs. nature as on one side we see the active, congested city and on the other, the brooding, dark onset of an impending storm. The photograph perfectly captures the album title's (playful) statement on mortality. Download the distortion and fuzz-heavy instrumental "Rano Pano" from the new album below. It hits about as hard as that impending storm is about to...
"Rano Pano" will be released as a 7” single on January 18 via Sub Pop, with the non-album track “Hasenheide” as the B-side.
See the band's massive tour itinerary after the jump.
European Tour Dates
01-26 Stirling, Scotland - Tolbooth
01-27 Paisley, Scotland - Paisley Town Hall
01-28 Perth, Scotland - Perth Theatre
01-29 Aberdeen, Scotland - The Lemon Tree
01-30 Glasgow, Scotland - Grand Ole Opry
02-02 Tokyo, Japan - TBA
02-13 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
02-14 Galway, Ireland - The Live Lounge
02-15 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
02-17 Bournemouth, England - O2 Academy
02-18 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff University
02-19 Bristol, England - O2 Academy
02-20 Leeds, England - O2 Academy
02-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picture House
02-23 Oxford, England - The Regal
02-24 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Institute
02-25 London, England - Brixton O2 Academy
02-26 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
02-27 Gateshead, England - The Sage
03-06 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
03-07 Munich, Germany - Backstage
03-08 Vienna, Austria - WuK
03-09 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
03-10 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
03-11 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
03-13 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
03-14 Cologne, Germany - Stollwerck
03-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-17 Paris, France - Trianon
03-18 Lille, France - Aeronef
03-19 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
03-20 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
03-21 Nice, France - Theatre Lino Ventura
03-22 Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
03-24 Bordeaux, France - Rockschool Barbey
03-25 Caen, France - BBC
03-26 Brussels, Belgium - AB
03-28 Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
03-29 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
03-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-31 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
04-01 Gothenburg, Sweden - Tradgarn
04-02 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
04-03 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
04-05 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
U.S. Tour Dates
Apr 19: 9.30 Club, Washington DC
Apr 20: Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia
Apr 21: Webster Hall, New York
Apr 22: Webster Hall, New York
Apr 23: Paradise Rock Club, Boston
Apr 25: Olympia Theater, Montreal
Apr 26: Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto
Apr 27: Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh
Apr 28: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit
Apr 29: Metro, Chicago
Apr 30: Slowdown, Omaha
May 2: Bluebird Theater, Denver
May 3: In The Venue, Salt Lake City
May 5: Wonder Ballroom, Portland
May 6: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
May 7: Showbox at the Market, Seattle
May 9: Regency Ballroom, San Francisco
May 10: Mayan Theater, Los Angeles
May 11: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach
May 13: Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque
May 15: Granada Theatre, Dallas
May 16: Stubbs Waller Creek, Austin
May 17: Warehouse Live, Houston
May 19: Workplay Theater, Birmingham
May 20: Center Stage, Atlanta
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is out February 14 on Mogwai's Rock Action label in Europe and February 15 on Sub Pop in the U.S. There will also be a limited edition version of the album, which includes a bonus CD featuring a 26 minute long piece called "The Singing Mountain." The composition was recorded for Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai’s "Monument for Forgotten Future" installation in Essen, Germany.
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