Damn! I come on here to post the virtues of the latest Mogwai album I just downloaded and the first post I read is about how post - rock sucks..... damn!
That being said, I am listening to The Hawk is Howling by Mogwai right now and thoroughly enjoying this little epic! It is at once gentle and brutal, soothing and disturbing - love the twists and turns musically and in terms of mood and texture - definitely up there with their best stuff in my opinion, and I've only really heard it a couple of times now, but I can hear the major listening potential in this!