Mogwai have announced a new compilation, Happy Tears, collecting highlights and rarities spanning the group’s 31-year history. Out January 8 via Rock Action, it also features a new collaboration with Iggy Pop called ‘Underground’. Check it out below.
In a press release, Pop said:”I’ve always liked Mogwai. The opening of the track reminded me of the crushing modern loneliness. The sung vocal, which was arranged by Matt Sweeney, felt like it was made for someone who is pissed off and doesn’t mind saying so.”
In his 2022 book Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth, Mogwai leader Stuart Braithwaite wrote: “Hearing the Stooges had been a life-changing moment for me. Their self-titled album was pretty much my bible. It was druggy, dumb and completely primal. I’d never heard anything quite like it and even though that band had pretty much fallen apart by the time I was born, I grew to love the three Stooges albums as much as any music I’d heard. I had a VHS video of Iggy playing live and I watched it over and over. His performance was unlike anything or anyone I’d seen before. The spectacle was great but it was his voice and songs that really captured me.”
The new compilation will be accompanied by the release of Happy Tears: The Story of Mogwai, a new audio documentary made with production company Cup & Nuzzle.
Happy Tears Cover Artwork:
Happy Tears Tracklist:
1. Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home
2. I’m Jim Morrison I’m Dead
3. Hunted By A Freak
4. Take Me Somewhere Nice
5. Boltfor
6. CODY
7. Brand New Paths to Helicon 1
8. How To Be A Werewolf
9. Auto Rock
10. Remurdered
11. Ritchie Sacramento
12. Lion Rumpus
13. Underground [feat. Iggy Pop]
1. Angels vs Aliens
2. Die 1 Dislike!
3. Ether (with The KNDS Fairey Band – Live)
4. The Sun Smells Too Loud (Holden remix)
5. If Not Destroyed: True
6. Full Blast Michael
7. Hingmy Malmsteen
8. Dracula Family
9. Harry Patter
10. Ritchie Sacramento (Other Two remix)
11. Nick Drake
12. Owl Mince
13. Mogwai Fear Satan (Live)
