EP · Mogwai
EP by Mogwai
EP is an EP by Mogwai, released in 1999. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Stanley Kubrick”, on 1 list with a best position of #25.
EP, Mogwai's plainly named four-track release, came out on Chemikal Underground on 18 October 1999, with Matador looking after America, and it squeezes a lot of weather into a small space. The Glasgow band knocked the songs out over a single summer week, by Stuart Braithwaite's account, and Michael Brennan Jr. produced them all: "Christmas Song", "Burn Girl Prom Queen" and "Rage:Man" at CaVa Studios in Glasgow, and "Stanley Kubrick" at Sub Station Studio in Cowdenbeath, where it grew out of an idea of John Cummings's while the band were there remixing for Warp.
The playing is hushed and patient, melodic bass lines and chiming guitars easing toward swells of distortion, less a blast than a slow tide. American copies, retitled EP+2, carried two bonus tracks, and all four originals later turned up again on EP+6. Both covers use Neale Smith's still of a water tower in East Kilbride.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from EP on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Kubrick | 1 | #25 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.