Modest Mouse Band • Page 24

i like this band they’re good

 

Yee I think I'll spin their discog in reverse today

 

i love strangers to ourselves, more than we were dead actually, but i've really come around to that album finally after disliking it/not giving it a proper chance, for a long time.

honestly my biggest gripe about STO, is that lampshades on fire is such a lame boring song and definitely shouldn't have been the lead single. in fact, the original version of the song that they played live, was much much better, so that song will always be a huge dud for me. song should have been cut and replaced with poison the well (which also had a slightly different version that was played live way back when).

pups to dust should have been the lead single. that song is super underrated!

 

Ground Walks or Best Room should have been the single

 

Ground Walks is a single, and a damn good one

 

Ground Walks is my fav song from STO. Top 10 MM song for me too.

 

Correct, I should have said lead single (though that was inferred by the preceding chat but one should never assume).

While I'm here Bankrupt on Selling is their best song.

Okay maybe 3rd planet but it's really close.

 

yeah it blows my mind that "The Best Room" was never a single. wild

still think "Spitting Venom" is their best

 

I mean...I know it's kinda album one track one, but "Dramamine" is just perfect

 

Spitting Venom is the track that made me look into this band beyond the singles. def top 10 MM

 

pups to dust is underrated

 

i would have loved a music video of "the best room" with some actual band performance. the guitar work on that song is awesome! so much missed opportunity!

even wicked campaign would have been a better lead single than lampshades :/

 

I like Lampshades and can see why the released it was the lead single but there are better options for sure.

 

Lampshades was definitely the song that could go to radio and any fan would know "this is the new Modest Mouse" so I get it. I just think a lot of fans, myself include, thought "this is the new Modest Mouse, and it just copies ideas from old Modest Mouse??"

 

It's a good song, folks. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

 

Yeah the songs good. Love when the drums kick in.

 

Ground walks
Pups to dust
Best room
Tortoise and the tourist
Coyotes
Sugar boats
Strangers to ourselves
Lampshades
Shit in your cut
Ansel
God is an Indian
Of course we know
Wicked campaign
Be brave
Pistol

 

i don’t care for sugar boats either. it’s too much

i do really like be brave though

 

Man, I love "Sugar Boats" lol

Different faves for everyone.That's how you know this band is good.

 

As mentioned yesterday, Sugar Boats is an all-time for me. It’s the exact kind of MM I loved

 

I love Pistol now lol

 

"Pistol" is bonkers. I love it

 

The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica are really hitting the spot with the general sense of existential dread I’ve been feeling

 

Hey y’all, I’m thinking about writing a The Moon & Antarctica retrospective piece this week. However, I need some extra inspiration to get me going. So, please pipe in with your personal stories with the album if you have them and feel comfortable sharing! Feel free to message privately.

 

Remember when this band released a new song 6 months ago?