But whenever I read that quote I always picture Mogwai as an embarrassed little kid with rosie cheeks, pulling at McGee's trouser leg and yelling, "Daaad! Stop Embarrassing me!" - it's a very bold statement. Without a doubt, Mogwai have received lots of press in the run up to their fifth studio album. PR Companies claimed it was a lot 'louder' than their previous outing, and Mogwai themselves saying that with this album they wanted to return to making noise. Although McGee over stepped the mark by a few yards, and the album being not as noisey as they had you believe, this album is pretty special.

As a Mogwai album it checks all the right boxes - beautiful in places, yet intensely powerful in others. An appealing combination of the best moments of the earlier and latter work of the self-proclaimed Scottish 'guitar army' is what this album is supposed to be. It is, but it doesn't quite reach these highs as consistently as I would hope.

The album seems to divide itself to brilliant moments of controlled apocalyptic mayhem, polished beauty and some lacklustre moments. This should be an album with 10 epic tracks. Instead it's an up and down ride. The album starts brilliantly though, with piano instrumental 'Auto Rock' providing a soundtrack to apocalypse kind of feel. 'Glasgow Mega Snake' sees the band blowing the roof off your house but then the album loses pace with great tracks interrupted by 'skippable' filler tracks that I don't think the band will ever bother themselves with in a live situation. Thankfully though, the album is saved by crucial tracks like 'Travel Is Dangerous', 'Friend Of The Night', 'Folk Death 95' and the unstoppable 'We're No Here'.

Although I feel cruel when I say it, I can't help but think, "maybe next time?"