*2023 reissue* 24 years after its initial release, Mogwai’s iconic second album ‘Come On Die Young’ is to be reissued on coloured vinyl. Presented in a gatefold sleeve with original artwork, the white vinyl will come with a digital download code.
Originally released in March 1999, ‘Come On Die Young’s artwork references The Exorcist and a title scalped from a well-known Glasgow gang slogan. Instead of the cover’s suggested apocalypse-harbouring, pre-millennial assault on the senses however, this second offering from the band was a darkly elegiac – and surprisingly restrained – response to the aural fireworks of their ‘Young Team’ debut from two years earlier. surprisingly restrained – response to the aural fireworks of their debut.
Details
Cat. number: Chem263
Year: 2023
Notes:
Produced engineered and mixed by Dave Fridman at Tarbox Road Studios, Casadaga, N.Y.
Luke Sutherland played violin on Christmas Steps and appears courtesy of Too Pure Records
Richard Formby played lapsteel on Cody and appears courtesy of Amos Recordings
Wayne Myers played trombone on Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/ANTICHRIST
Dave Fridmann played various instruments throughout
Speech on Punk Rock by Iggy Pop
Track D2 is spelled "Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/ANʇICHRISʇ".
