Modest Mouse y/n

Gzette · Post by **Gzette** » May 29, 2003, 4:35 pm

I just started getting into this band and am really liking their stuff. I only have one album so far (Moon to Antarctica), but I will probably get more!

This album seems like a great mixture of all sorts of styles to me. This is the only thing vaguely close to emo I've ever been able to tolerate.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » May 29, 2003, 8:09 pm

I listened to a mix of tracks at a co-worker's request, and I couldn't really get into them. They almost reminded me of a Garage Band version of Cracker.

ZigginSwigalot · Post by **ZigginSwigalot** » May 30, 2003, 8:47 am

they're decent. my band's guitarrist pretends he's this indie rock kid and raves about em, but they're nothin special to me.

Swiiter · Post by **Swiiter** » June 4, 2003, 7:05 pm

how can you compare them to emo or cracker? they are not even remotely emo and sound nothing like cracker.

dashboard confessional is emo - modest mouse is not....

murr · Post by **murr** » June 4, 2003, 10:01 pm

Correction - Dashboard Confessional is THE SUCK.

Swiiter · Post by **Swiiter** » June 5, 2003, 11:48 am

i concur

Lexien · Post by **Lexien** » June 5, 2003, 1:50 pm

I have to disagree..

Dashboard is a good accoustic band.

But let's not get into an argument about personal tastes

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » June 5, 2003, 2:12 pm

I only compared them to Cracker based on the few songs I heard, and the comparisons were made to the OLD Cracker tunes rather than the newer (i.e. Kerosene Hat) albums.

I don't know, but there was just something about them that I could not explain that kept me from listening to them again. The person that suggested I listen in the first place did say that I picked some of her least favorite songs in the first place.

Gzette · Post by **Gzette** » June 5, 2003, 3:54 pm

I didn't like them either the first time i heard anything, but I also didn't hear the right songs. Thankfully I hung out with my friend enough and he played the music enough. Now the few songs that I first heard and didn't like I count amoung the ones I do like. I think that happens a lot.

they are not even remotely emo

I think they very much have a lot of influence from emo. More so then any other vague genre of music. Dunno about Cracker though....if it is the same band I am thinking of then I don't see any connection. But I only heard one song.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » June 5, 2003, 4:09 pm

One of the few older songs by cracker that people remember is "Take the skinheads bowling" and that song is NOT what I was comparing Modest Mouse to, hehe

I guess I am referring more to "their" days as Camper van Beethoven. Here was the best quote to basically show what I was referring to:

Cracker concentrates on rock and country, creating a twisted, rootsy rock & roll that sounds like a post-punk Rolling Stones or Little Feat. While their self-titled 1992 debut had moments of raw brilliance, Cracker's second album, 1993's Kerosene Hat, fulfilled their promise. Powered by the hit single "Low," the album was a hard-rocking meeting of traditional rock and post-punk sensibilities. Like Camper Van Beethoven's albums, it deserved to be heard by a wide audience; this time Lowery found a larger audience -- Kerosene Hat eventually went gold.

Post by **Sylvus** » June 5, 2003, 4:43 pm

I thought that "Take the Skinheads Bowling" was the Dead Milkmen?

Swiiter · Post by **Swiiter** » June 5, 2003, 6:11 pm

i guess i could agree with the country/rock thing... some of their songs have that vibe. i think ugly cassanova (Isaac Brock's solo project) has a lot more country feel than modest mouse though. Regardless, you should give them more of a chance. Two years ago when I first heard them, I hated them. After about a month or two of a good friend pestering me to give it a closer listen, they turned into one of my favorite bands.

They are on tour by the way. They got a new drummer and are apparantly working on a new album. I'm gonna check out their shows in Houston and in Austin.

p.s. I still have to disagree with the emo thing, when I think Emo I think Elliot, Dashboard Confessional, Dismemberment Plan, Further Seems Forever and all those other whiny bands. I couldn't really put Modest Mouse in a genre, but emo is definately not it....