Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 1997

Genre: Indie
For Fans Of: Music
Track List:
- Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
- Heart Cooks Brain
- Convenient Parking
- Lounge (Closing Time)
- Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
- Doin' The Cockroach
- Cowboy Dan
- Trailer Trash
- Out of Gas
- Long Distance Drunk
- Shit Drunk
- Trucker Atlas
- Polar Opposites
- Bankrupt on Selling
- Styrofoam Boats/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright

Description:
I'm sure everyone here has heard the name Modest Mouse and at least have heard the song "Float On" from their more recent album "Good News for People Who Love Bad News." However, the band's earlier material is really where the showcase their music brilliance and innovation. This album, released in 1997 is their best album (in my opinion) and one of the best displays of indie rock in the history of music. Every single song is filled with emotion and revolutionary musicianship for the time. The highlight of the band is easily frontman Issac Brock's lyrics, vocal delivery, and guitar work. Brock isn't afraid to speak his mind, and Modest Mouse is known for having some of the best (albeit abstract) lyrics in modern music. He utilizes metaphor, clever wordplay, and religious imagery to expand on the several recurring themes that Brock explores throughout the record. Aside from the lyrics, the musicianship is young and reckless, but still magnificent and sure to impress anyone (especially those hearing it for the first time). All I can say is that if by the end of the first song you aren't sold, you should reconsider how you listen to music, because "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" is one of the most beautiful and poignant songs ever written. Seriously get on this.

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