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Mogwai Speaks: The Album

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Only 45 years after the original British Invasion, another group of Brits are hopping the pond and sowing their musical seeds in this nation. The majority of these transnational artists have been indie bands, pop groups or singer/songwriters who croon their way to number one on U.S. Billboard charts. One band stands apart from this pack. Mogwai, a group from Scotland, choose not to infuse their music with soulful lyrics and simple rhyme but with loud, boisterous melodies.

It's difficult to accurately describe Mogwai's musical identity, but imagine that The Deftones and Tool had a love child -

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