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Blankenberge are 3 for 3 for me, 100%.

Regarding Mogwai – I think ECS is the best album they’ve released in some time.  For me, it’s leaps beyond Rave Tapes, and probably more engaging than anything they’ve done since Hardcore.  But we have to be realistic and admit that late 90s / early 2000s Mogwai are truly in a class of their own.  Just untouchable and almost unfair to make comparisons to.  What a golden era for such a special band.  Goddamn.
 
New Mono track is fairly tight.  Seemingly a bit repetitive out of the gates but I really got into the driving energy of it.

That was my exact thought the first listen because it's literally just one theme the entire song, but when you listen again, it becomes more potent, and you notice some little variations at key moments that give it a good kick.  I like it.
 
This sounds like classic Mono without all of the strings and I will happily eat that shit up until I die.  One Step More is my favorite album and this reminds me of that, so I am very happy. 
 
EDIT:   Also, those Pelagic variants are gorgeous but no thanks on that price...  $44.17ppd with uninsured shipping.  Also, you all should know that if you DO get insured shipping, in order to receive a claim for a damaged record you have to surrender the record to the USPS who then determines whether they can sell the record to recover the monetary loss.  You aren't guaranteed to keep the item.  This happened with my Faltre record.  If it's super limited, you likely won't get another from the label and it's totally 50/50 whether the USPS will decide if they can sell your damaged record at auction somewhere to recoup their payment out to you.  Even if you insure it with a foreign carrier, it is the USPS who pays the claim. 

Mogwai now is as good or better than Mogwai 15 years ago. Every Country's Sun is amazing.
 
I get what @holyvacantsholyhell was saying. The last couple Mono records felt rushed and on repeat mode. Bands like Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Caspian have all changed their sound up on recent records, and it's been for the better. You can only listen to so many twinkly crescendo post-rock albums...
 
That said, my buddy was in the studio with Mono when they recorded this and said the record sounds very different and energizing compared to what they've recently done. I think the line-up change has been a key part of that.