00:20We don't talk about our own music because we're repressed weirdos.
00:23I wouldn't listen to our music for enjoyment, not that I don't think they're good records
00:27but they're just not enjoyable.
01:15See, this is the difference, you're an animal lover and I'm an animal liker so...
01:20Clap the goat Barry, I bet you like it.
01:22I'm not touching it.
01:22Barry, clap the goat.
01:23I'm not going to touch that thing.
01:28Is that a chicken?
01:30Stuart, that is a cat.
01:34We are currently at an urban zoo.
01:37Farm.
01:38Urban farm.
01:39Farm zoo in London.
01:41And yeah, it's pretty nice.
01:43And the backdrop is the evil empire of capitalism.
01:49We've not played London in quite a long time and we're going to play a big gig in a few
01:54weeks.
01:54I think it just seemed a good thing to do before the tour to kind of remind people who we
01:59were.
02:26They make a lot of noise and they're kind of an experimental band but they've got a sense of
02:30humour and they've got a real sense of personality with what they do.
02:32They're not afraid to make a bit of a daft racket as well, you know.
02:37It's kind of transcendental, if that's even a word.
02:40Like, it takes you to another place when you're listening to it.
02:43It's a bit reductive to think about music just being for, like, young people and it's like you're
02:47only going to play your best music, like, before your thirties.
02:50It's like, you know, give yourself a bit of a chance to, like, grow and expand.
02:53And that's exactly what Mogwai have done.
02:56They've made the best album they've done in, like, almost ten years.
02:59I think what makes Mogwai special is the fact that they're just fat guys with bald heads,
03:05just like the rest of us.
03:07Apart from me, I've got a full head of hair but I do have tits and a belly, just like
03:12they do.
03:13And that's the key to success.
03:33Look at these tiny horses.
03:35That horse looks...
03:37Whoa!
03:39It does not...
03:40It fancies it, it fancies it.
03:42That's mental.
03:45Apparently our songs are on Top Gear quite a lot and really...
03:50I hate those guys.
03:51There's some good ones.
03:52I mean, they made a documentary about Stanley Kubrick's archives and they had loads of our
03:56songs on it.
03:56I thought that was pretty cool.
03:57That's the kind of thing I like.
03:58The best one, actually, was on the Channel 4 News when Geoffrey Archer went to jail.
04:04Made a montage of him going to jail with our music on it.
04:08Honestly, I could have died.
04:09That was amazing.
04:22My name is Julia.
04:23I do front of house sound for Mogwai.
04:26I met them because I was doing front of house for Slint in 2007 and Mogwai came to see them.
04:32And they really liked the sound so they asked me to do something.
04:52Playing our music, I mean, certainly when we play live, it's really enjoyable but I couldn't pinpoint any certain emotion
04:58that it brings up.
05:01I sometimes have a wee moment.
05:02Sometimes Stuart dances and you can tell.
05:04He's just wanting to go Ian Curtis for a minute.
05:12We notice people in the crowd all the time.
05:14In fact, it's probably one of the main factors in us making mistakes.
05:19You'll just see someone totally having a mad, hippie meltdown moment.
05:26And then the other four members have to turn around because we are in tears laughing at this person.
05:31Which is really cruel, actually.
05:32But we can't help it.
05:33They're just having a moment and we are having a laugh.
05:35Mostly in America.
05:37Americans are easily overcome.
05:4420 years time old.
05:45I'd say a good chance on 10, 20.
05:47No chance.
05:48Certainly not as consistently.
05:49I'm sure we'll still be making music in some form.
05:51It'll just be really shite music.
05:53It'll be really bad.
05:54It'll be like New Wave, Dungeons and Dragons, sex music.
05:59I'd probably just be signing on making music in my bedroom to nobody.
06:06A few years time, Stuart.
06:07A few years time.
06:08The dream shall come.
06:34Done.
06:34Yeah.
06:35About time.
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