i dunno if this link was posted already or what but here is the
rolling stone review of the moon. 3.5 stars, i think thats what
they gave LCW way back when.
Up to this point, the Washington-state indie-rock trio
Modest Mouse has been captivated by the minutiae of
daily life. Now, as the title of their fourth album
suggests, they've gone macrocosmic. Moving beyond
the enclosed landscapes of 1997's The Lonesome
Crowded West, the band and producer Brian Deck
boldly roam from the homegrown country licks of "Wild
Packs of Family Dogs" to the otherworldly strings of
"The Cold Part" on their new album. What is lost in
warm immediacy is gained in eclectic cool: On "Tiny
Cities Made of Ashes," the band fractures its funky beat
into abstract percussive art. Singer-guitarist Isaac Brock
still sounds as earthy as dirt behind his veil of vocal
effects when he observes, "The world is my ashtray/Our
hearts pump dust/And our hair's all gray." With The
Moon and Antarctica -- a place where "the universe is
shaped exactly like the Earth" ("3rd Planet") -- Modest
Mouse show they can find microscopic humanity even
within the most expansive spaces. (RS 844/845)
NEVA CHONIN
ok so, i am absolutely blown over by the last little part
of "The cold part"- "i stepped down as president of antartica."
dont ask me why, that song as a whole is definitly one of my
least favorite songs that the mouse has put out. But that damn
line maybe my favorite section of the whole album.
dusty
"shes younger..... shes 15"
