{"id":3182,"date":"2015-03-27T12:33:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T16:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:16:07","slug":"modest-mouse-strangers-to-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/modest-mouse-strangers-to-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Modest Mouse <br>Strangers to Ourselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Modest_Mouse-Strangers_to_Ourselves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3183\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Modest_Mouse-Strangers_to_Ourselves.jpg\" alt=\"Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Modest_Mouse-Strangers_to_Ourselves.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Modest_Mouse-Strangers_to_Ourselves-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>It really doesn\u2019t feel like Modest Mouse ever was off the radar, right? But save for their 2009 EP, <i>No One\u2019s First and You\u2019re Next<\/i>, a record largely filled with deep cuts and B-sides, the Washington band has been mostly quiet as a cohesive unit for the better part of a decade. Since releasing the full-length <i>We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank<\/i> in 2007, founding member and bassist Eric Judy moved on, as did legendary Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who had recorded the album with them. They also continued to tour, mostly playing the summer festival circuit, and probably took some wholesome nature treks as well. All of this finally built up to a new album, <i>Strangers to Ourselves<\/i> (Epic Records).<\/p>\n<p>As removed as this album might seem from the Modest Mouse timeline, it matches just about everything they\u2019ve done post-2004. Starting with <i>Good News for People Who Love Bad News<\/i> and the surprise hit \u201cFloat On,\u201d Modest Mouse became the great alternative rock radio sensation, and <i>We Were Dead\u2019s<\/i> \u201cDashboard\u201d cemented this reputation. <i>Strangers\u2019<\/i> lead single, \u201cLampshades on Fire,\u201d seems to follow in this 21st century Modest Mouse tradition with its rhythmic intensity and frontman Isaac Brock\u2019s signature \u201cbah-bah-bahs.\u201d Elsewhere, though, there are minute areas were Brock takes his band in a different direction. There\u2019s the hip-hop influence found in \u201cShit in Your Cut\u201d and \u201cPistol,\u201d the latter of which sees Brock\u2019s vocals resonate through some chunky, distorted filter in grating fashion. On \u201cWicked Campaign,\u201d the soft touch of \u201980s pop is applied in a layer of synth not unlike that used by bands like The Killers. However, <i>Strangers<\/i> is by-and-large familiar stuff, with their signature ultra-twangy guitars as ubiquitous as ever before (and particularly on-point on \u201cThe Tortoise and the Tourist\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><i>Strangers<\/i> isn\u2019t so much a progression as much as it is a lateral move for Modest Mouse and representative of what\u2019s to be expected from this band going forward. Since their dual magnum opus at the turn of the century, <i>The Lonesome Crowded West<\/i> and <i>The Moon and Antarctica<\/i>, Modest Mouse has become a diluted band of highly manicured songs. They\u2019ve honed their straight-to-radio skill set at this point, making music that is <i>just<\/i> good enough, but not truly exceptional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It really doesn\u2019t feel like Modest Mouse ever was off the radar, right? 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