Do people expect you to be pretentious because of the music you make?
'They did at one point but I think that everyone knows that we're just fools' - Stuart

So how do you reconcile this beauty, this heart-breaking ability with the reality of Mogwai in person, in all their silliness and with all the faults of normal people?

Just because Mogwai make perfect music doesn't mean they have to be perfect in person - they're real people. If they weren't like us, then we wouldn't find their music so understanding. In fact, I love Mogwai all the more just because they are so friendly, so funny, so sweet.

I love the fact that you can bump into Stuart at any number of Glasgow gigs and he's bouncing around being stupid. It means you know they don't take themselves too seriously, that the music they make is rooted in reality and if they want to give their songs silly titles or record their pub conversations it only adds to the whole that is Mogwai.

I liked Mogwai so much more after that interview in the NME where they'd given themselves their alter-ego names and were talking nonsense while still fiercely defending their music. And then when I saw Stuart dancing hilariously, giggling madly and running to put his pint on a speaker so that he could applaud Formula One after every song, I knew I had to speak to these people. I can't remember if Stuart greets people by saying 'hiya!' or if I'm just inventing it because he should.

I love how Mogwai are the sort of people you'll happily make a fool of yourself in front of, you'll happily eat jammy doughnuts in front of them without worrying that you just might possibly drop sugar all over yourself (yes, I do that in my own home too...). There's no falseness, no trying to impress, no muso-talk, no sucking up, no acting cool.

I like how they find things hilarious.

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