Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News (20Th Anniversary Reissue)
Released: 17/05/24
After more than a decade with Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock still sounds young and weird and searching, and never more so than onGood News For People Who Love Bad News, which follows the band's meditativeThe Moon and Antarcticawith a set of songs that are more focused, but also less obviously profound.
The occasionally indulgent feel ofThe Moon & Antarcticaallowed Modest Mouse the room to make epic statements about life, death, and the afterlife; whileGood News For People Who Love Bad Newsis equally concerned with mortality and spirituality, it has a more active, immediate feel that makes its comments on these subjects that much more pointed.
The band hits these points home with a louder, more rock-oriented sound than they've had sinceThe Lonesome Crowded West, particularly on "Bury Me With It," which embodies many of the contradictions that continue to make Modest Mouse fascinating.
Pickup currently unavailable at Dreamhouse Records London
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