Mogwai member Barry Burns has promised that the Scottish post-rock kings will never play an easily digestible, dancefloor-friendly megamix of their tunes for the more mainstream T in the Park crowd.
The Glasgow band have been in blinding form since the release of last year’s The Hawk Is Howling, an album hailed by some critics as their best yet.
Before Sunday’s set at T in the Park they most recently played a “secret” show after the UK premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties at last month’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The documentary profiles the rich history of the highly regarded alternative music festival ATP, which now has multiple spin-offs spanning the globe but is most often held at holiday camps such as Butlin’s in England.
When asked about the difference between the two very different types of events, Barry explained: “The ATP festivals down in England, I think they’ve got a slightly more distilled crowd of people who like that kind of music.
“ It’s more sort of - I don’t want to say themed, but there’s a lot more underground bands, whereas everyone plays at T in the Park.
“It’s probably better for us, because a lot of people who wouldn’t normally come and see us will come us see us, which is what we want.”
For that reason Mogwai are also likely to concentrate on their heavier songs when playing for a potentially nonpartisan crowd.
“At festivals we tend not to play too many quiet songs, because the people that will come and see us might talk all the way through them!” Barry explained. “So we’ll generally play a louder set.”
Unfortunately it seems that the band are unlikely to plump for a concise compendium of their hits, a la the famed Grease Megamix, in order to try and win over any difficult audiences.
“A medley, no!” Barry laughed. “Mogwai on 45 will not happen.”
