Modest Mouse
"Strangers To Ourselve"
© Epic
December 24 - 30, 2023
Year of Release: 2015
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Strangers To Ourselves
Lampshades On Fire
Shit In Your Cut
Pistol (A. Cunahan
Miami Fl. 1996)
Ansel
The Ground Walks
With Time In A Box
Coyotes
Pups To Dust
Sugar Boats
Wicked Campaign
Be Brave
God Is An Indian And
You're An Asshole
The Tortoise And The Tourist
The Best Room
Of Course We Know
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Modest Mouse is another most recent bands in popularity (just as last week's review band, Mumford & Sons.
This week, Modest Mouse's Strangers To Ourselves was releaed in 2015. Their previous album was in 2007, as
it was really the breakthrough album for them - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. That album reached
#1 on Billboard's 200 albums chart. Eight years would pass between the two albums, yet their popularity emerged again
with a #1 hit from Strangers, "Lampshades On Fire" on Billboard's Alternative singles charts. Alternative
Rock best describes the musical style of Modest Mouse. And on Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse would become
no stranger to popular (Rock) music. They would achieve more success with future releases. Their sound is quite unique,
and it brings that sound to a superior level, in hearing a "different sound," and the timing is just right, as it gets
away from what is commonly known as popular music - Rap/Hip-Hop, the not-so-Country/Pop Country.
The title track leads it off, and you can hear a touch of David Bowie. (Bowie's influence is also heard on other
tunes here.) "Lampshades On Fire" was one of two singles, and much more rocking that the title track. A deep cut
follows on the unique song title, "Shit In Your Cut." It has a uniqueness to it, with its Alternative Rock style.
It's eerie, and moody. Unique also gets the next track, "Pistol (A. Cunavan Miami Fl. 1996). It's kind of
novelty'ish, and I can't help but hear Alice Merton's "No Roots" on this song.
"Ansel" is more on the Pop level, yet it fits Alternative as you keep listening to it. "The Ground Walks
With Time In A Box is a true rocking Alternative) track! "Coyotes" slows down the pace; yet being another good
track It has a similar sound to the glam rock of a band that was popular in the 1970s - T. Rex. Call it unique (again)
on "Pups To Dust." "Sugar Boats is nostalgic, with it's calliope sounding piano. On "Wicked Campaign," I
can't help but to hear Coldplay on this one. However, Modest Mouse is way better than Coldplay. A good groove gets it
soing on "Be Brave," and as "unique" as the next song title - "God Is An Indian And You're An Asshole" is
more like a novelty track, and being short in length - 1:17. "The Tortoise And The Tourist" goes back to the
Alternative Rock sound and MM's uniqueness. "The Best Room" is (another) good Rock track, and ending the album in
a energetic way is "Of Course We Know." -- and this song is great to end the album.
Of Course We Know this -- Modest Mouse's Strangers To Ourselves gives Rock music a new perspective, with it's
own sound in texture. It is what we're looking for, and to mention this band has a good future ahead of themselves.
Another gap in years would be the release of their next album in 2021, "The Golden Casket," which would achive
another #1 hit on Alternative Rock chart - "We Are Between." For that change in music, in looking for something
that's different and unique, Strangers Than Ourselves will definitely will get positive listens. It's good to
mention that there is good Rock music out there, and Modest Mouse is one of those bands to get acquainted with.
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