Come On Die Young

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Album Information

Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 67:31

eMusic Features

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Who Are…Alcest

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

Though he was raised in a vibrant French black metal scene, Alcest frontman Neige outgrew the rage and nihilism of the genre and strived to craft something that's just as powerful but far more beautiful. Drawing on his classical guitar training and his love for Celtic melodies and soundtrack composers, he developed Alcest, following the raw 2001 black metal-based demo Tristesse Hivernale with the 2005 EP Le Secret (which was recently re-recorded), which began with… more »

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Six Degrees of Psychocandy

By Matthew Fritch, eMusic Contributor

It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »

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Behold the Shoes: A Brief History of Shoegaze

By Douglas Wolk, eMusic Contributor

No, it's not a great name: "shoegazing." Very few artists who've actually played in that style like the term; Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai has called it "a dumb term made up by clueless... idiots... if someone called us shoegazers, I'd be pretty unhappy." The other leading candidate seems to be "dreampop," which is also not quite satisfactory. But we're stuck with those words, because it's undeniable that there's a certain tendency in rock music, especially British… more »

They Say All Music Guide

Mogwai’s much-anticipated second album, Come on Die Young, is a trawl through post-Slint and Sonic Youth territory. Each cut blends into the next, creating the impression of one endless track that teeters between deliberately dreamy crawls and random bursts of noise. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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