Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

Dick Jones

bharQ wrote:

time to check out Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica!

Fruit that ate itself I always really liked as well... I never hear anyone talking about that EP.. its great

I have them and need to spin them. Does Johnny Marr add a lot to the new sound?

bharQ

Dick Jones wrote:

I have them and need to spin them. Does Johnny Marr add a lot to the new sound?

Not as much as I would have thought..... James Mercer's input to the album was a lot stronger imo... I definitely can notice his parts though in a few of the tracks.

dont_go_on_me

Dick Jones wrote:

I have them and need to spin them. Does Johnny Marr add a lot to the new sound?

Isaac has said that the album would have been totally different had Johnny not been in the band. Dashboard is the most obvious song, it's got Marr written all over it. Watching him play the new songs live you can definitely notice his presence...it's subtle but perfect...just enough so you feel him and know he's there.

soulsinging

Dick Jones wrote:

I have them and need to spin them. Does Johnny Marr add a lot to the new sound?

i think so, though not being a guitarist i cant really describe how. it's not so much add as taking away. their guitar sound is cleaner and more direct i think. i love it.

am i the only person who loves "we've got everything"? florida is another favorite. and yes, spitting venom.

to whoever asked, i have no idea when the new pornographers cd is coming out or if neko will be on it. just saw it on a list of this year's releases.

nutmeg81

bharQ wrote:

time to check out Lonesome Crowded West and Moon & Antarctica!

Fruit that ate itself I always really liked as well... I never hear anyone talking about that EP.. its great

aye LCW is quite pixie-esque circa surfa rosa!

M&A has 2 versions....the re-release has a few bonus bbc trax on it
if ya can find it anywhere!

their 1st record i dont have tho, well the one b4 LCW anyway!

i know another one which had been recorded prior but wasnt released til
after the debut and LCW....confusin?! go wikipedia!

deadmosquito

this record just keeps growing and growing on me. my favorite of the year so far (yes, even better than arcade fire)

rmnsf936

It definetly had to grow on me but its an awesome cd

bharQ

A lot of great stuff came out at once... at least was leaked at once... i'd have to say I'm still puttin the new Kings of Leon over Modest Mouse.... but Mouse definitely over Arcade Fire (although a great record)!

CM1847

This is easily the most excited I have been about an album immediately after it's realese in at at least a year and a half. I don't know if it will keep my interest, but it is pretty amazing thus far

justam

They are coming to my town soon, should I go hear them?

dont_go_on_me

CM1847 wrote:

This is easily the most excited I have been about an album immediately after it's realese in at at least a year and a half. I don't know if it will keep my interest, but it is pretty amazing thus far

I've been listening to it non-stop for over a month and I still can't get enough!

culot4

I love this album. I can usually chime in with some kind of criticism but this album is the real deal. James Mercer contributing is just icing on the cake. We've Got Everything is the perfect springtime, driving with the windows down kind of song. I haven't read a lot of love for People As Places As People. I think that along with Missed The Boat are the album highlights in an album already filled with highlights.

CM1847

culot4 wrote:

I love this album. I can usually chime in with some kind of criticism but this album is the real deal. James Mercer contributing is just icing on the cake. We've Got Everything is the perfect springtime, driving with the windows down kind of song. I haven't read a lot of love for People As Places As People. I think that along with Missed The Boat are the album highlights in an album already filled with highlights.

People As Places As People may be my favorite track on the album. All 3 Mercer tracks are excellent, although I like "Florida" & "We've Got Everything" both a bit more than "Missed the Boat." "Little Motel" and "Fly Trapped in a Jar" are the only two tracks I don't really, really like.

intodeep

CM1847 wrote:

People As Places As People may be my favorite track on the album. All 3 Mercer tracks are excellent, although I like "Florida" & "We've Got Everything" both a bit more than "Missed the Boat." "Little Motel" and "Fly Trapped in a Jar" are the only two tracks I don't really, really like.

that is pretty funny i love little motel and fly trapped in a jar

AvocadoLady

"Missed the Boat" is a pretty, pretty, pretty song.

I've been listening to this record all weekend, really enjoying it start to finish.

Low_Light03

So what does everyone think of the new album now that it's officialy been out 2 or 3 weeks?

Azwethinkweiz

Their best album yet.

Just excellent!

Pearl Jam and toast

bharQ wrote:

A lot of great stuff came out at once... at least was leaked at once... i'd have to say I'm still puttin the new Kings of Leon over Modest Mouse.... but Mouse definitely over Arcade Fire (although a great record)!

Yeah I got the KOL album a week or two after MM and I haven't put MM back on yet. It was a veryyyyy good record, but KOL blew it away.

1STmammal2wearPants

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire still my favorite album of the year, but this album is very good. I just got into MM over the past month, but I'm hooked now. The addition of Johnny Marr to the band really shows and shines on this album- he adds a funk to songs like 'Fly Trapped in a Jar' and 'Education' that really works. My favorite song off this one would have to be both 'Education' and 'Parting of the Sensory.'

intodeep

I really enjoy this album a lot. Spitting Venom and Parting of the Sensory are still my favs but i like pretty much every song on the album for what it is.