180-gram vinyl, import, double black vinyl. Modest Mouse has achieved significant mainstream success since 2000 and have been one of the leading bands in the popularization of Indie Rock beginning with The Moon & Antarctica, their third full-length album (2000).
After wowing the college and indie rock world with two lauded independent CDs, THIS IS A LONG RIDE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT and THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST as well as many EPs, Modest Mouse signed to a major. This is often a cause for apprehension with indie favorites, but THE MOON & ANTARCTICA weathers these concerns.
While the band's lo-fi sound is a little higher-fi in this major label debut, the basic pop structures that have always tied Modest Mouse's music together are pushed more to the forefront, and the production works well. All sonic changes are slight, and the band's sardonic, slightly skewed lyrics, with their evasive take on modern life, maintain their bite. Even the poppiest tune, the breezy "Gravity Rides Everything," is fraught with tape-effects and arrhythmic percussion. The band also retains a punked-out, dissonant, discordant approach on some tracks, such as the infectious "A Different City" and the creepy "Alone Out There." THE MOON & ANTARCTICA finds Modest Mouse with its musical integrity still intact.
Modest Mouse: Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar); Eric Judy (bass); Jeremiah Green (drums).
Recorded at Clava Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Alternative Rock
- Remastered, 180 Gram
- Limited Import (Music On Vinyl), Pressed In Holland
- Note: Not numbered edition
- Release Date: 10/04/2010
- Black Vinyl
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Tracklist
| A1 |
3rd Planet |
3:59 |
| A2 | Gravity Rides Everything | 4:20 |
| A3 | Dark Center Of The Universe | 5:03 |
| A4 | Perfect Disguise | 2:32 |
| B1 | Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes | 3:14 |
| B2 |
A Different City |
2:55 |
| B3 |
The Cold Part |
5:01 |
| B4 | Alone Down There | 2:22 |
| C1 | The Stars Are Projectors | 8:46 |
| C2 | Wild Packs Of Family Dogs | 1:45 |
| C3 |
Paper Thin Walls |
3:01 |
| D1 | I Came As A Rat | 3:47 |
| D2 | Lives | 3:18 |
| D3 | Life Like Weeds | 6:31 |
| D4 | What People Are Made Of | 2:14 |
