Jelani wrote: 

Maybe not even then...

Great Song

Just.....noise.

Amazingly annoying.

 daveturnley wrote: 
Agreed, The Stars Are Projectors is simply out-of-this-world.  I can't believe they haven't played it on RP.

yay for Sasquatch festival this May!!!
 

The question is, do they have anything to say. I say yes. Lyrically speaking, quite sound indeed.

If you can't SING, then SQUEAL like a MOUSE.

Squish.... 

they are mighty and modest too.

I know this band can be polarizing, but this song and most of this album really work for me.  I don't find myself listening to a lot of Modest Mouse in one sitting, but they're interesting in limited doses.

 RadioDoc wrote: 
There is a massive amount of "soundtrack" music that can "stand alone".  The interplay between one medium and another is not something to be summarily disparaged as being "mere".  Personally, I like much of what I've heard from this band and I have never seen any of their aforementioned videos.  That doesn't mean I'm rushing out to buy their CDs, though.

 RadioDoc wrote: 
Cool response Doc!  I'm here for the therepy and music too!

 Jelani wrote: 
I agree.  If the music can't stand alone without visual assist, then it is merely a soundtrack to a video.  Different media.  Same for books turned into movies...if you don't get the book without seeing the movie first either the book was not written very well or your imagination is dead.

 Jelani wrote: 
How very correct you are.

I like the riff just after the break.

andrewimft wrote:
Your written description of their music sounded like you were describing a music VIDEO, not music.
If you think that video is essential to understanding, or informing your opinion of audio, then you're completely lost, with a most misguided opinion.
A typical example of the direction American culture is moving in. Dumb it down baby, dumb it down.

this band would be great, if it weren't for this band.

Clever album title, huh?

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is great, but I prefer older ones. My favorite is The Moon and Antarctica. A fantastic album!

Best part of them live is the two complete drum kits. Isaac Brock comes off as a bit Napoleonic (a petit dictator, so to speak )

penguinja wrote:


Teko wrote:

What did it for me was their video for Dashboard... seeing the creative visual accompaniament finally made me get their music, which before that seemed just like pointless cacophony until then. Now I like them... the way I understand it, they seem like they have a different sort of surreal art film view on things, and the lyrics are poetic with lots of puns and playful, the whole package is kind of like a musical trip through some weird museum housed in an amusement park. Each song does tell a complete story in itself quite creatively, and the music accentuates it, so it helps to read the lyrics while listening or watch their videos.

Hopefully people will recommend what MM Cd's they think we should start with, but I want to get We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, I like it. I just read on their wikipedia entry that Johnny Marr is now a member of the band.

Ho hum, indeed. 4->3

garthwb wrote:

Nonsense. It's the next best thing to profundity.

auburntigerrich wrote:

I have never heard this one on FM radio, would love to. Long live Mouse!

trippy band--not my fave song of theirs though.

"You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?"

RAD!

Teko wrote:

I'm not a huge fan, but The Moon and Antarctica is a really good album. From that one, check out:

Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes
Alone Down There
The Stars Are Projectors

One of the few Isaac's out there!