As the Love Continues is the tenth studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 19 February 2021 on Rock Action Records in the UK and Europe, and on Temporary Residence Limited in the US.
Due to the COVID pandemic, it was recorded at Vada Studios in the UK, with Fridmann producing remotely from the United States.
[13] Braithwaite commented "It's the only time we left Scotland since this whole thing began ... going to England being amazing is not a sentence I thought I'd ever say in my life.
the technology enabled methods of working that would not have been possible otherwise; the string section for "Midnight Flit" was recorded with Atticus Ross in Los Angeles directing an orchestra in Budapest.
Only one track, "Ritchie Sacramento" contains clean vocals, sung by Braithwaite and referencing lost friends including David Berman of Silver Jews and Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit.
AllMusic described it as "another peak in their long and influential career"[18] whilst Popmatters wrote that the album "testifies that Mogwai are still a truly great band".
[24] Record Collector suggested that "Mogwai have resurfaced with their most evolved album in a decade, tethering their formative instincts to forward-thinking ambitions with an instinctive feel for our choppy times", and John Robb, writing for Louder than War, highlighted what he says are "subtle moods, textures and shifts in sound that Mogwai have become the magicians of – a music that creates a film that runs in your head".