Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound review – Glasgow postrockers let the music do the talking

After nearly 30 years in business and 10 albums in, Glaswegian cacophonists Mogwai have earned the right to an adulatory documentary – and they get one here, directed by former photographer Antony Crook. It has a purist approach, taking cues from the band's anti-logorrheic approach by offering only a loose biography and comparatively little by way of analysis. All the better to let their majestic instrumental squalls fill the space, unencumbered by too much guiding commentary.

Kicking off just as Mogwai find themselves on the cusp of an unlikely UK No 1 for their last album, As the Love Continues, the film dips back to the late 90s to find them committed early on to meting out...



Phil Hoad.