Modest Mouse - An Eraser and a Maze (June 5th, 2026) Album • Page 9

I know people love it, but I like a few parts of it more than I like the song as a whole (the verses kind of feel like they're still being worked out to me). It's definitely not bad, I just love the rest of the album more and think the strongest few songs on The Golden Casket are a little better.

 

After listening to them both today I’d easily take strangers over the golden casket. But even as my least favorite it’s still like a 7/10.

 

Not enough talk about "Sugar Boats" and "Pistol," both of which are good and underrated

 

Legitimately dig Pistol

 

Sugar Boats is great and I remember seeing it live a few times and enjoying it even more. My favorite MM song live though is probably The Whale Song. What a jam!

 

Get your tomatoes out.

My version of Strangers is just this EP length playlist:

- Lampshades
- Ansel
- Ground Walks
- Coyotes
- Pups to Dust
- Sugar Boats
- Best Room

 

If I had to cut the record down to an EP length, those are probably the songs (I'd also include "Be Brave"). All bangers.

 

sugar boats is extremely not a song for me lmao, the tom waitsy songs usually dont do much for me but that one particularly gets on my nerves. if you swapped that for the title track i could mostly get behind that list though

 

I mean these are pretty much the best songs. I like a lot about Tortoise (it has a cool vibe and some nice hooks) but I agree with the sentiment it has an "unfinished" feel.

 

I often feel like the biggest (and sometimes only) fan of Pistol in the world. I love that song hahaha

 

Pistol is cool

 

I think "Pistol" got too much shit at the beginning and then a lot of people have realized that it's actually great in the time since.

 

my hot take apparently is I find Ansel extremely uninteresting, one of their blandest songs

 

I think about Isaac's warped voice saying "I was up all night, not ready for the meeting, oh noooo" more than I should lol. Wild song

 

Where do you guys rank Sharpen Your Teeth against the MM albums? Because I think it could be top three for me somedays. "Barnacles" is an incredible song.

 

I think I liked Ansel more when I realized who Ansel was

 

I mean he does say in the opening verse it's his brother

 

I think it's okay but don't really come back to it ever.

 

sharpen your teeth is great, idk about where id rank it since i just heard it a few days ago but its got a lot of cool stuff going on

 

I think I liked Pistol more when I realized where the Pistol was

 

I mean he does say in the opening line where the pistol is

 

Uh huh

 

okay I meant like the whole story about him damn

 

lol

 

Okay, maybe

The Lonesome Crowded West
Strangers To Ourselves
Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Building Nothing Out Of Something
No One's First, And You're Next
The Moon & Antarctica
Sharpen Your Teeth
Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
The Fruit That Ate Itself
This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
The Golden Casket
180° South
Sad Sappy Sucker