Modest Mouse Band • Page 3

I still spin Strangers To Ourselves often, it's a great album, also good one to listen to at work. My coworkers always have a good time when Pistol comes on, hahah.

 

I still haven't listened to Strangers in full, there was one song I heard on the radio, not sure which it was, and it was really really bad and made me not want to listen to this when it came out. I'm gonna give it a real chance, probably sooner rather than later since I've been spending more time than usual with their discography

 

Hmmm, the radio singles were Lampshades on Fire, Coyotes and The Ground Walks...honestly three of the most solid tracks on the album in my opinion.

 

I'll come back when I realize which of these it is, but it was honestly not a fun listen at all. iirc I was aware of when I listened to Lampshades, so I don't think it was that one, but I'll have to listen to that one again too because it has been so long and my memory of it is muddy.

 

Yeah, all of the singles were great haha. Album gets a lot of unnecessary shade imho

 

Recently listened to a good portion of the catalog, but I didn't get to Stangers to Outselves. I'm gonna have to make sure I do now. Such a great listen

 

it's probably the best "modern" modest mouse records, for me. i don't want to say it was worth the eight-year wait, by it's definitely a pretty great album.

 

There are songs I really love on Strangers, but I wouldn't call it a great album.

 

is 2017ish still the tentative release date for the follow up? I thought I read that in an interview profile type thing recently

 

I think the one thing Strangers to Ourselves is really missing... is Eric Judy's bass lines, and possibly his influence on the songwriting. If that had happened, I think the record would have been even greater, and I do love the album a lot. I think without even realizing it though, that's what people don't like about it.

 

Any album with a song like The Best Room on it is brilliant. Strangers to Ourselves is great.

 

that's a great song, and i'm not even sure it's one of the best three on the album.

 

It's one of my favourites, but I love how varied opinions are on the best songs, they're all good / great

 

I'm pretty sure he wrote/recorded a good portion of the basslines on the album tho, didn't he? I thought Jeremiah Green mentioned that on a podcast. I know he left in the middle of writing/recording

 

I know it's a collection of B-side songs, but Building Nothing Out of Something is my favorite and I feel like it should be appreciated more. I don't even know if it's generally held in high regard, but it strangely feels so cohesive to me.

What are people's thoughts on it?

 

BNOOS is great.

 

I believe I recall he had credits for recording on 2 of the songs on the album, he definitely did write more parts but wasn't there for most of the recording so the new bass player had to learn and tweak the parts.

 

I just shared this in the tattoo thread but wanted to share it in here too!

 

Filling in a huge blind spot of mine and finally listened to these guys. First time through The Lonesome Crowded West and this thing almost has me in tears. Holy wow, this is an absolutely timeless, must-listen, 'how in fuck's hell did it take me until 25 to hear it?' kind of record, huh?

 

Like, I knew they shine through their sonic lack of convention and overall 'weirdness', and I'm sure to unlock why I love that side of them soon, but immediately worth noting, I had no idea this band created straight-up beautiful work like "Trailer Trash" and "Bankrupt on Selling."

 

dope

 

Fuck yeah they do. Listen to The Moon and Antarctica and then This is a Long Drive and tell us whatchyu think

 

They must have scrapped the album that was supposed to come out last year.

 

must be tough scraping a whole album like that... it also talks about their integrity

 

Not sure if they scrapped it or if the label didn't want them to put out two albums so close to one another