Modest Mouse Band • Page 20

me either

 

It's alright, the mix isn't great, definitely doesn't touch "Poison the Well"

 

Yeah pretty weak

 

it just comes across as weird genre pastiche from them

 

I actually really like this. Production is pretty interesting too.

 

I think a cleaner mix would do this one some favors, but it definitely fits "Poison the Well"

 

Not my favorite but I definitely dig it.

 

Been listening to we were dead and strangers to ourselves a lot lately. Love them both and I'm especially enjoying strangers more than I remember.

 

nice bump. ive been shuffling their discog all morning.

 

Been listening through their discography this week. Just finished Good News. Still slaps.

 

Hope we get a new album within the next year. Maybe next spring?

 

Btw The Moon & Antarctica is up on Spotify now

 

One of the best albums of all time

 

the only mm album i dont really like lol

 

Uhh what. Definitely their best.

 

nuh uh their best is lonesome crowded west!!!

 

lonesome
building something (i know not technically an album, but fuck)
long drive
good news
we were dead
the moon
strangers


i already know how shitty my opinion is on the moon and antarctica. also, guess im doing a discography run now.

 

They're all great.

 

I know opinions and all that, but I simply cannot fathom putting M&A at 2nd to last in their discography.

 

I probably ultimately lean towards Moon but sometimes I listen to Lonesome and can’t imagine anything being better than it so idk.

 

Moon is definitely their best, it's the perfect middle ground between where they'd been and where they were heading

 

Moon IS perfect and I'd argue less interesting for it in comparison to what came prior imo. the arrival at what they always wanted is cool, and I love that record, but there's something inimitable about their early work -- it's the perfect intersection of smart songwriting, imaginative playing, an expansive but still rough sound, and dumb luck. the seams and stitches were a feature, not a bug, and they traded that in for a sophistication and clarity of vision that's rewarding but loses some heart and has had diminishing returns on subsequent albums (for me anyway)

 

LCW and M&A rotate between #1 for me, mostly depending on which one I happen to be listening to at the time.

They’re both true classics, the type of album most bands would be lucky to make once, let alone twice. And that’s to say nothing of the rest of their discography, which is extremely solid.

 

yeah, it used to be like a 1a 1b thing for me but these days it's probably like

1 LCW
2a and 2b M&A / Long Drive

as far as those three records go in terms of my love for them

 

Long Drive still #1 for me. Lonesome and Moon #2 and 3.