Building Nothing Out of Something |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News
It's as if the Talking
Heads and Tom Waits got together
at a hash party with your redneck cousins. That's the only comparison
I can come up with when it comes to Modest Mouse's music. An
incredibly strange amalgam of styles accompanied by a lispy,
hallucinogen-infused lead singer who might get confused with
the manic depressive Daniel Johnston
leads to a sound that can only be attributed to this particular
band. This album continues an inevitable arc towards a poppier
sound, and has produced their most accessible album to date.
The Moon and Antarctica is one of my favorite albums
of all time, so this one will have to be pretty special to top
it--and it does on some levels but not on others. The songs
are more cohesive, and the production terrific, and while I
really do love this album, I can't help but feel it doesn't
quite live up to their last album in terms of indelible songs
and timelessness. In terms of pop albums, songs like "Float
On" and the completely awesome "Bury Me With It" will be remembered
on top ten lists at the end of the year, and one might even
get some radio play here and there--and hopefully avoid being
immortalized in a minivan commercial. |
The Lonesome Crowded West |
The Moon and Antarctica |
This Is A Long Drive For Someone With
Nothing To Think About |
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
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Musical Connections:
764-Hero
The Black Heart Procession
The Smiths
Ugly Cassanova
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