ĠENN – Jaguar Sun (feat. Aidan Moffat)
Aidan Moffat recorded his part on a laptop in an empty studio room while the new Arab Strap album was being mixed next door. Janelle Borg’s guitar drifts over Sofia Rosa Cooper’s kick, Leanne Zammit’s bass pushes in underneath, and the groove holds for more than six minutes. Leona Farrugia starts close to the mic, barely above a whisper, then opens up into full voice. She heard Moffat’s gravel in the song from the first jam, and she was right to.
Farrugia’s lyric circles the feeling of watching your life from a distance, the lead in a story that seems to be playing out without you. Moffat’s spoken passages tie it to Einstein’s block universe, where past and future already exist and free will starts to look shaky. The title comes from Italo Calvino’s unfinished Under the Jaguar Sun. ĠENN co-produced it with Johnny Hostile, Johnny Breakwell and Tom Hill, and it’s out now on Mogwai’s Rock Action Records, with a 12-inch available to pre-order. Their best song yet, and Moffat is only half the reason.
Tour dates
Europe
- October 2, Paris (FR), Supersonic
- October 3, Eeklo (BE), N9 Muziekclub
- October 5, Berlin (DE), Schokoladen
- October 6, Hamburg (DE), Hafenklang
- October 7, Prague (CZ), Kulturní Klubovna
- October 8, Pfarrkirchen (DE), Spitalkirche
- October 9, Freiburg (DE), Slow Club
- October 10, Offenbach am Main (DE), Hafen 2
- October 11, Olpe (DE), Onyx
- October 13, Stuttgart (DE), Café Galao
- October 14, Tübingen (DE), Shedhalle
- October 15, Biel/Bienne (CH), Le Singe
- October 16, Torino (IT), Magazzino sul Po
- October 17, Pesaro (IT), venue TBA
- October 18, Roma (IT), Wishlist
- October 20, Bologna (IT), Freakout
- October 21, Piove di Sacco (IT), Officina 19
- October 22, Aarau (CH), KIFF
UK
- October 31, Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
- November 9, Norwich, Voodoo Daddy’s
- November 10, Birkenhead, Future Yard
- November 11, London, The George Tavern
- November 19, Brighton, Green Store Door
- November 26, Southampton, The Joiners
