Summer (Mogwai composition)

"Summer"
Song
A-side	"Ithica 27ø9"

"Summer" is a song by Mogwai released as a double A-side with "Ithica 27ø9" on 4 November 1996 and eventually included on Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997). A version of "Summer" called "Summer (Priority Version)" is included on Mogwai's debut album, Young Team. The original version of "Summer" is still played live regularly.

Musical structure

"Summer" could be described as Mogwai's equivalent of a pop song. It begins with a quiet recording of the chorus of "Summer", with lots of reverb. At (0:40), it fades out and the bass riff of "Summer" kicks in, accompanied by an Organ. At (0:54), it is joined by the drums, and a xylophone playing the melody. At (1:24), the guitars explode into life, play a heavily distorted E Major chord along with pounding drums. At (1:30), the quiet xylophone melody returns briefly, before being drowned out at (1:36) by the guitars playing the E chord. This is followed at (1:42), by what could be described as a guitar solo, played by Stuart Braithwaite, with the xylophone playing along. At (2:13), there is another heavily distorted guitar section, followed by a brief return to the xylophone melody, and then back to the guitar section. At (2:43), a similar guitar solo is played, until (3:00), when all the instruments begin playing frantically and heavily, until (3:28), when another guitar section is played. At (3:45), the xylophone melody is played one last time, accompanied by organ and drums, until (4:09), when everything finishes playing, except the organ, which slowly fades out.

Trivia

• Apparently, the song was originally titled "Martin", most likely after Martin Bulloch, Mogwai's drummer.
• "Summer" could possibly be the first Mogwai song ever written, due to the fact that the 1995 Deadcat Motorbike demos (Stuart Braithwaite's previous band) contain a track labelled "Summer".

External links

• "Summer" Music Video
• "Summer" Guitar Tablature