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 Modest Mouse have a new album coming out. It's called Strangers to Ourselves and it comes out March 17. Nobody likes it or even wants to hear it, and I guess it took so long to come out because Kanye is autotuning Isaac Brock and he said that nobody should ever listen to Lonesome Crowded West again, which was the source of some major controversy. Oh, and their longtime bassist, Eric Judy, left the band. There are three singles from the album so far: Lampshades on Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztdoHfbTRsk - Literally the worst song they've ever recorded. Coyotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5Or7bIVJk - Literally the worst song they've ever recorded. The Best Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmw8lVXHIms - Literally the worst song they've ever recorded. This thread is to discuss how this is the worst album ever released and the only good thing Modest Mouse even made was Sad Sappy Sucker. Edit: They added another song. It's the worst, it's so bad, and nobody likes it. It's called "The Ground Walks." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBTtPt8-WAY Edit 2: They released another song. It is even more the worst than the others, which are also the worst, and it is called "Of Course We Know." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGsf8IYP5WI Edit 3: I guess it leaked or something? It's not March 17 and people are discussing it. Edit 4: There's going to be another album soon, according to Isaac Brock. Edit 5: The album was released. It is, as predicted, the worst, and it is only going to sell like 5 copies. FactsAreUseless fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Mar 17, 2015 |
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im going to marry isaac brock
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Feb 4, 2015 14:37
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Fail EDIT: to clarify, Modest Mouse, is the fail.
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Feb 4, 2015 14:43
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Budget Prefuse posted:im going to marry isaac brock
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Feb 4, 2015 14:44
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i only listened to lampshades on fire and it sounds like a modest mouse song whats the problem exactly with it
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Feb 4, 2015 15:05
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starbarry clock posted:i only listened to lampshades on fire and it sounds like a modest mouse song whats the problem exactly with it
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Feb 4, 2015 15:19
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starbarry clock posted:i only listened to lampshades on fire and it sounds like a modest mouse song whats the problem exactly with it I think it could have used one more refrain of "where we'll make the same mistakes"/"this one's done, so where to now?" personally. Feels like it ended too soon. But yeah, the whole band-ain't-what-it-used-to-be refrain has been going on for a straight decade by now. This time I actually get to live it! Exciting times.
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Feb 4, 2015 15:45
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The more I think about it, the more depressing it is to me that the same band that put out Lonesome Crowded West, The Moon & Antarctica, Long Drive and Building Nothing Out Of Something is putting out boring poo poo that I don't feel connected to in any way now 
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Feb 4, 2015 17:12
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:The more I think about it, the more depressing it is to me that the same band that put out Lonesome Crowded West, The Moon & Antarctica, Long Drive and Building Nothing Out Of Something is putting out boring poo poo that I don't feel connected to in any way now
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Feb 4, 2015 17:13
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But that's the thing, these songs just make me think Modest Mouse trying to write Good News era Modest Mouse again. As a whole, they lack the energy that made the first 3 albums (Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded, Moon and Antartica) so interesting and fun to listen to
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Feb 4, 2015 17:22
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Boywhiz88 posted:But that's the thing, these songs just make me think Modest Mouse trying to write Good News era Modest Mouse again. As a whole, they lack the energy that made the first 3 albums (Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded, Moon and Antartica) so interesting and fun to listen to The Moon & Antarctica was great in the moment but I don't want to hear another album like it again. Half the album consisted of songs that were either played twice over or interminable instrumental sections. The prog stuff in Lonesome Crowded West bored me, too.
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Feb 4, 2015 17:24
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Prog stuff like what, Trucker's Atlas?
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Feb 4, 2015 17:36
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Prog stuff like what, Trucker's Atlas? The 7-minute drum section does jump to mind, yes. Also the latter halves of Trailer Trash, Doin' the Cockroach, Polar Opposites, etc. It's like, you've got the actual song, then the song's over, and then it's time to hear electric guitars being played with angry cats for picks for the next several minutes. I love all their music, but that's one aspect of it I don't miss. Oxxidation fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 17:41
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That's some of my favorite stuff of theirs v vI used to love watching live performances of theirs from like 2001 and earlier when they'd go into extended improv jams on Cowboy Dan and Doin' The Cockroach and the like. Got me excited because I never knew exactly what I was gonna hear but I knew it would probably be rad. I'd be totally cool with them doing an album with more stuff like that (but obviously different material that doesn't sound like a bunch of stuff they've already done), but they seem to have abandoned that concept more or less.
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Feb 4, 2015 17:49
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Oxxidation posted:I think it could have used one more refrain of "where we'll make the same mistakes"/"this one's done, so where to now?" personally. Feels like it ended too soon. That's because that's the last time they released something
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Feb 4, 2015 17:49
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Oxxidation posted:The 7-minute drum section does jump to mind, yes. Also the latter halves of Trailer Trash, Doin' the Cockroach, Polar Opposites, etc. It's like, you've got the actual song, then the song's over, and then it's time to hear electric guitars being played with angry cats for picks for the next several minutes. The wild guitar freakouts at the end of drat near every song were one of the best parts of Lonesome Crowded West era Modest Mouse. Trucker's Atlas is probably at least 5 minutes too long, but those other songs are goddamn classics. What disappoints me about these last couple songs off the new album is that I actually really liked No One's First and You're Next. It didn't sound like old Modest Mouse, sure, but it sounded good in a unique way. This stuff just sounds, well, dull.
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Feb 5, 2015 00:48
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Foppery posted:The wild guitar freakouts at the end of drat near every song were one of the best parts of Lonesome Crowded West era Modest Mouse. Trucker's Atlas is probably at least 5 minutes too long, but those other songs are goddamn classics.
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Feb 5, 2015 01:59
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This furthers my theory that Win Butler's terrible haircut is to disguise the fact that he is what Isaac Brock turns back into when he sobers up.
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Feb 5, 2015 02:01
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That's a joke. There is no explanation for Win Butler's haircut.
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Feb 5, 2015 02:03
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Foppery posted:The wild guitar freakouts at the end of drat near every song were one of the best parts of Lonesome Crowded West era Modest Mouse. Trucker's Atlas is probably at least 5 minutes too long, but those other songs are goddamn classics. I liked No One's First quite a bit as well, I felt like it had more...teeth (I guess?) than We Were Dead Before the etc, and on that note I like the new songs better than We Were Dead for similar reasons, though that said they definitely aren't the most interesting stuff they've ever done.
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Feb 5, 2015 12:08
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The Best Room is really starting to grow on me. Especially when Brock audibly says "westren.'
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Feb 5, 2015 16:41
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FactsAreUseless posted:The Best Room is really starting to grow on me. Especially when Brock audibly says "westren.'
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Feb 5, 2015 16:45
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Really? The more I try to give it a chance, the more I never want to hear it again
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Feb 5, 2015 17:07
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FactsAreUseless posted:I like listening to Isaac Brock shout about things.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:14
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Well so do I, but....I don't know, I guess I liked that a lot more when he was actually semi-coherent? Now he sounds like a crazy homeless dude ranting or something, but it doesn't have nearly the same appeal to me as, say, MC Ride from Death Grips who sometimes sounds like a crazy homeless dude ranting but in an awesome way. This is the most coherent MM's ever been, which is practically a point against it. The Moon & Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West were schizophasic rants against vague existential dread; these last three songs are all explicitly about how mankind's apathy and complacency is slowly killing off itself and everything around it. I'd like something a little more fast-paced soon, though. Something along the lines of Florida or The View or Different City. Coyotes was a straight-up crooner and the other two tracks released so far have just kind of chugged along.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:21
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Oxxidation posted:This is the most coherent MM's ever been, which is practically a point against it. The Moon & Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West were schizophasic rants against vague existential dread; these last three songs are all explicitly about how mankind's apathy and complacency is slowly killing off itself and everything around it.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:32
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I don't know if it's his present vocal delivery or what, but it just sounds like a jumbled mess to me. To be honest, I haven't paid a lot of attention to what he's saying in the lyrics to these songs so far, probably because the way he's delivering them doesn't sell me and make me want to memorize every word he's saying like with some of their older songs. I don't know what else to tell you, man. You like their older stuff better and that's fine, no one can argue it and their early days were definitely a lot bolder than everything after Good News, but you're just being deliberately obtuse with your reactions to what's coming out now.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:49
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Oxxidation posted:but you're just being deliberately obtuse with your reactions to what's coming out now.
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Feb 5, 2015 18:02
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:It's being obtuse to state that the band has changed their sound in a pretty drastic way over the years, and as a result, their new material isn't enjoyable to me in any way because I feel like they've regressed from the instant classic poo poo they used to put out for years? When you're outright saying that you're not even listening very closely to the stuff that bothers you so much and just keep giving vague non-committal reasons to why it is a bad thing and not a good? Yeah, little bit! Unless you prefer rending your garments and crying woe to actually finding music and other things you enjoy - and who am I kidding, that's an Internet pastime anyway - there doesn't seem to be much of a point behind any of it.
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Feb 5, 2015 18:04
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I'm annoyed that the album is like 15 tracks again, because Modest Mouse always put about 4 too many songs on their albums.
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Feb 5, 2015 18:26
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Oxxidation posted:When you're outright saying that you're not even listening very closely to the stuff that bothers you so much and just keep giving vague non-committal reasons to why it is a bad thing and not a good? Yeah, little bit!
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Feb 5, 2015 18:46
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Rageaholic Monkey talking poo poo about a pretty sunset.
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Feb 5, 2015 18:52
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FactsAreUseless posted:Rageaholic Monkey talking poo poo about a pretty sunset.
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Feb 5, 2015 19:10
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Gah, I need to actually listen to all the new tracks so I can legit argue with all you old fucks who hate new stuff. So far I listened to Lampshades on Fire once and half of Coyote and I though they were both pretty good, but I don't have a solid handle on either yet. I just know I love No One's First and hope that this is more like that.
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Feb 5, 2015 19:30
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Im glad this thread got me listening to their old EP's again. So good.
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Feb 5, 2015 19:34
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The Best Room is really good and I like it a lot and I am looking forward to hearing the album
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Feb 5, 2015 20:06
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hughesta posted:The Best Room is really good and I like it a lot and I am looking forward to hearing the album This has to be a troll. It's the worst song released yet. "Upstairs neighbor had a bunch of lawnmowers.."
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Feb 5, 2015 20:38
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rear end Catchcum posted:This has to be a troll. It's the worst song released yet. "Upstairs neighbor had a bunch of lawnmowers.." That's a good line. As sung, I mean. Yours is wrong, and bad.
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Feb 5, 2015 20:47
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You're as mediocre as the music you like.
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Feb 5, 2015 20:56
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rear end Catchcum posted:You're as mediocre as the music you like. Says the former Flaming Lips fan.
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