“My Father My King” by Mogwai

Mogwai put out "My Father My King" in October 2001 as a single all its own, an instrumental of more than 20 minutes billed as a companion to Rock Action, and the sticker on the sleeve promised two parts serenity to one part death metal. The Scottish band built it on the melody of Avinu Malkeinu, a Jewish prayer said on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and certain fast days, which producer Arthur Baker had taught them, and though not a word is sung, the prayer's translation is printed in the liner notes.

Barry Burns later said he never heard it as a companion piece at all, more like the band moving on to something new. Onstage it became the regular closer, often stretched out even further; in 2015 it ended every one of the band's six 20th-anniversary shows.

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