Mogwai announce their eleventh studio album, The Bad Fire

The new single is accompanied by a video directed by long-time collaborator Antony Crook, director of the documentary, Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound.

A Scottish colloquialism for Hell, The Bad Fire draws inspiration from a series of tough personal moments that the band found themselves in following on from their chart-topping tenth album, 2021’s As The Love Continues. The band continued to work through this, leading to the creation of The Bad Fire: a collection of songs that forgo nostalgia and easy victories.

“After the high of putting out As The Love Continues, the following years were personally hard for us. We’ve dealt with a lot of loss and in Barry’s case a serious family illness with one his daughters. Getting back together to write and record this record felt like a refuge and with John Congleton we feel that we’ve made something special. We often hear from people that our music has helped them get through hard times in their lives and for once I think it applies to us as well,” the band says.

The album features recent single “God Gets You Back” and arrives ahead of a world tour taking place in 2025.

Tracklist:

1. God Gets You Back
2. Hi Chaos
3. What Kind of Mix is This?
4. Fanzine Made Of Flesh
5. Pale Vegan Hip Pain
6. If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others
7. 18 Volcanoes
8. Hammer Room
9. Lion Rumpus
10. Fact Boy