Artist - Modest MouseAlbum - No One's First, and You're Next
Released - August 5, 2009 (Epic)
If it’s okay to borrow some movie terminology, Modest Mouse has always been a bit of a red herring in the music world.
Modest Mouse takes its time to dig, settle and grow with a listener. They’ve never been the crazed, auto-tuned, pop frenzy most artists grow accustomed to embodying and their critical success owes its livelihood to something like a fine mix between luck and hallucinogens.
The omnipotent cacophony of multi-instrumentalists enlightening the world may be the staple of the MM sound, but vocalist Issac Brock knows the sonic shift in creativity lies in the visceral and poignant songwriting woven into the music.
Copy and pasting from the recording sessions of Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the makeshift collage of music reveals a maturation, yet it exposes a steadfast dedication to the sound.
No One’s First, and You’re Next takes its first breath with Satellite Skin, easily the most radio-friendly track and also the most accessible and fades out with a fuzzy metaphysical experience, Hickory Sticks to Your Feet.
The dissonance on tracks like King Rat repeals any notion that MM lacks the kind of immediacy and creativity that inspired The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon and Antarctica. Spanning the years of MM history, the band has overcome the rise to world-wide prominence without tainting their creativity and ardor. Defying fans and naysayers, the darkened corner of pretentious independent music is only enlightened by the Mouse.
Modest Mouse takes its time to dig, settle and grow with a listener. They’ve never been the crazed, auto-tuned, pop frenzy most artists grow accustomed to embodying and their critical success owes its livelihood to something like a fine mix between luck and hallucinogens.
The omnipotent cacophony of multi-instrumentalists enlightening the world may be the staple of the MM sound, but vocalist Issac Brock knows the sonic shift in creativity lies in the visceral and poignant songwriting woven into the music.
Copy and pasting from the recording sessions of Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the makeshift collage of music reveals a maturation, yet it exposes a steadfast dedication to the sound.
No One’s First, and You’re Next takes its first breath with Satellite Skin, easily the most radio-friendly track and also the most accessible and fades out with a fuzzy metaphysical experience, Hickory Sticks to Your Feet.
The dissonance on tracks like King Rat repeals any notion that MM lacks the kind of immediacy and creativity that inspired The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon and Antarctica. Spanning the years of MM history, the band has overcome the rise to world-wide prominence without tainting their creativity and ardor. Defying fans and naysayers, the darkened corner of pretentious independent music is only enlightened by the Mouse.
So says the Gospel of Modest Mouse.
www.myspace.com/modestmouse
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