![]() ![]() If anything, The Golden Casket sounds more adventurous than the band has been in some time. Working with co-producers Jacknife Lee and Dave Sardy, Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, and company give their seventh album a sheen that's slick, but not bland. ![]() Arriving six years later - a relatively brief gap compared to the eight years that separated Strangers and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - The Golden Casket finds the band stepping into the light and out of their comfort zone. Perhaps that’s what brought a young lady to the sidewalk that morning outside of TT the Bears on the off chance she would get into the small club to see Modest Mouse rock.On their previous album Strangers to Ourselves, Modest Mouse catalogued environmental and societal woes with dark, insular songs. That’s not to say they’re unwelcoming, but what became clear upon hearing this album in its entirety is that if you’re going to like them, it’s gonna be on their terms.Īnd that steadfast artistic commitment is appealing and exciting. They have an independent streak that’s unwavering and undeniable. They’ll remind you of the Pixies without the overt Pop music tendencies. ![]() They can sound like a really good garage band that’s just fine with hanging out in the garage. And if I was going to offer up a band that embodies all the things we might think of when we hear the term “indie rock,” Modest Mouse could be that group. I’m not sure many of you will (or do) like this band. And one day at Tower Records, I picked up “The Lonesome Crowded West” (1997). ![]() So as time wore on, I began to hear about Modest Mouse from people’s mouths and speakers. The rest were attuned to all things artistic. If you weren’t going to school and didn’t grow up there, there are two groups to choose from: the young professionals and the rest. When you’re living in Boston in your mid-20s, you’re in a kind of no man’s land. ![]()
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