Mogwai has released “Fanzine Made of Flesh,” the track, is the band’s latest single off their forthcoming album, The Bad Fire. Produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, Angel Olsen) at Chem19 studios in Scotland, the LP drops on January 24, 2025 via Temporary Residence Ltd/Rock Action.

Stuart Braithwaite says, “‘Fanzine Made of Flesh’ was written in Brooklyn when I was staying at Alex Kapranos’s house in autumn 2023. In my head it sounds like a cross between ABBA, swervedriver and Kraftwerk though that might be ludicrous. It originally has a straight vocal but we ended up vocoding it on the last day of recording. It’s pretty different and I’m really happy with how it turned out.”

The song is accompanied by a video directed by Agnes Haus, who says “When I was sent the track, I embraced being unable to understand any of the words, and I didn’t want to know where the title came from. As I was listening, I wanted to make a video that matched that – a pseudo-film trailer with a jumbled plot that you can never grasp. You kind of have to piece it all together on your own. I really wanted it to seem like there could be a full-length film version with vague horror tones, emotional entanglement, and nods to weird art films from the ‘90s, and an autobiographical storyline about growing up non-binary, but not realising it. Perhaps one day I’ll extend it into a full film.”

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.

Mogwai
The Bad Fire
Tracklist

God Gets You Back
Hi Chaos
What Kind of Mix is This?
Fanzine Made Of Flesh
Pale Vegan Hip Pain
If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some Of The Others
18 Volcanoes
Hammer Room
Lion Rumpus
Fact Boy

Mogwai 2025 Tour Dates

Feb 04 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
Feb 06 – Hamburg, Germany – Große Freiheit 36
Feb 07 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
Feb 08 – Stockholm, Sweden – Fållan
Feb 09 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
Feb 11 – Berlin, Germany – Admiralspalast
Feb 12 – Leipzig, Germany – Taubchenthal
Feb 14 – Maastricht, Netherlands – Muziekgieterij
Feb 15 – Groningen, Netherlands – De Oosterpoort
Feb 17 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
Feb 18 – Antwerp, Belgium – De Roma
Feb 19 – Paris, France – Casino De Paris
Feb 20 – London, England – O2 Academy Brixton
Feb 22 – Leeds, England – O2 Academy
Feb 23 – Edinburgh, Scotland – Usher Hall
Mar 08 – Bangkok, Thailand – Voice Space
Mar 11 – Osaka, Japan – Gorilla Hall
Mar 12 – Tokyo, Japan – Zepp Shinjuku
Mar 14 – Tapai, Taiwan – Zepp New Taipei
Apr 07 – Washington, D.C., USA – 9:30 Club
Apr 08 – Philadelphia, PA, USA – Theatre Of Living Arts
Apr 10 – Brooklyn, New York City, USA – Brooklyn Steel
Apr 11 – Boston, MA, USA – Paradise Rock Club
Apr 13 – Montreal, Canada – Beanfield Theatre
Apr 14 – Toronto, Canada – Danforth Music Hall
Apr 16 – Detroit, MI, USA – Saint Andrew’s Hall
Apr 17 – Chicago, IL, USA – The Metro
Apr 18 – Minneapolis, MN, USA – Varsity Theatre
Apr 20 – Denver, CO, USA – Ogden Theatre
Apr 22 – Salt Lake City, UT, USA – Commonwealth Room
Apr 24 – Vancouver, Canada – The Commodore Ballroom
Apr 25 – Seattle, WA, USA – The Showbox
Apr 26 – Portland, OR, USA – Roseland Theatre
Apr 28 – San Francisco, CA, USA – The Regency Ballroom
Apr 29 – Los Angeles, CA, USA – The Bellwether
Apr 30 – Phoenix, AZ, USA – Van Buren
May 03 – Austin, TX, USA – Emo’s
May 04 – Dallas, TX, USA – The Echo Lounge

Pre-order The Bad Fire HERE