r/ModestMouse

1. Picking Dragons’ Pockets

2. Remember Yourself

3. Life's A Dream

4. Third Side Of The Moon

5. Dogbed In Heaven / Give It A Skeleton

6. Interlude

7. I Can't Talk Right Now

8. Speak 'N Spell (Or Not)

9. Rotten Fruit

10. Knocked Down By Waves

11. Absolutely Necessary Never

12. Song About Nothing

13. Stoner Party

14. Look How Far...

15. Impossible Somedays

I wanted to do a poll, but Reddit apparently only allows one vote with up to six options. So comment below which tracks are your top three favorites and why. I’m curious to know because it seems like there’s no consensus favorite from what I’ve observed from other fans. I’m beginning to wonder if this album might have the most diverse mix of opinions out of all of their albums thus far.

Why is this part of Speak n Spell so hated by the majority?

Every tour they always come to one or the other now only Cleveland wth fml. That's pretty far but may have to take the trek. Wonder why there not coming to Cincinnati

Anybody know when MM will come on tonight in Calgary? It's at the Wildhorse tent and they seem to be very vague with their set times and say the event starts at 5 which seems way too early.

I thought I saw it in a merch stand post. Can anyone confirm they are selling the ugly cassanova vinyl?

I recently got into Modest Mouse, it's so genius. As a big fan of Deftones and Vs Self, the song Beach Side Property off their first album caught me so off guard. Immediately I was hooked by the deranged screams and then the atmosphere mostly took over with the weird bendy notes. Then that breakdown hits and omg. It's so weirdly heavy yet still very light at the same time which is what I like a lot about Deftones and Vs Self a lot so this part was like pure genius to me. The second breakdown hits just as hard too. I also come from the Alex G and Elliot Smith crowd so I've been enjoying a lot of their other songs like Coyotes, Broke, Heart Cooks Brain, and Trailer Trash. I've been very slowly and carefully working my way through their discography and I've been loving it all so far.

Does anyone have any similar recommendations from them since I'm still pretty unfamiliar with their discography?

Your votes have determined the next song to be added is 3RD PLANET!

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Side A

1. Dramamine

2. Gravity Rides Everything

3. Broke

4. Interstate 8

Side B

1. Trailer Trash

2. Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset

3. Night On The Sun

4. Edit The Sad Parts

Side C

1. I Came As A Rat

2. Ocean Breathes Salty

3. 3rd Planet

Side D

Phenomenal show last night in Bellingham!

But the strangest thing also happened. The ENTIRE audience sat for the first two to three songs. It wasn’t until after Isaac said something about how comfortable the cushions must be that people started to stand up.

At first I thought it was the rules of the venue to sit, but thankfully everyone eventually got up. I would have stood up first but my wife enjoyed the idea of a “seated concert” and didn’t want me to encourage anyone haha.

Must be the aging fan base and the Bellingham spirit haha

If you were to throw Sharpen your Teeth into your ranked Modest Mouse albums where would it land?

The first time I saw them was in someone’s basement 1996ish. I saw them every time they played in my city after that until 2001 because of well, life. So this is what I’m used to with a MM show: $10 tickets bought at an indie record store; small, smelly venue with a sticky floor and bathrooms that kept you from drinking anything all day because you really didn’t want to use them; sweaty toque-wearing bros (because they wanted to be overheated I guess?) crashing around trying to recreate the mosh pits they saw on tv and bashing into me during Tundra/Desert, Cowboy Dan and Cockroach Jam; amazing melodic transitions between songs, feeling like you’re witnessing art as it happens while the music flows through you; Isaac asking what to play next but responding “we already recorded that one” when someone makes a request - Eric (in his spam t-shirt) was more diplomatic and somewhat apologetic; Isaac telling you at the end of the night how he failed math while he figured out how much change to give you each and every time you bought a cd from him; going home wondering if Isaac could use a cough drop after singing beach front property; and in the following days friends that were newer fans asking if it bugged you how popular MM was getting - “Um… no, I’m happy that they’re finding the success they deserve.”

I’m guessing it’s not like that anymore. What kind of crowd can I expect? Do they have crazy stage sets and costumes like stadium concerts? Are the toque bros still wearing toques because now they need to keep their receding hairlines warm and cosy? Will I be bashed by them? Thanks for reading.

I really love this song. I think it’s great, but I feel like one part of I don’t really get. “ I guess this is as far as we go” It kind of feels out of place in this song. Just an observation, please don’t hate…

Listening to this track on repeat. I love the synthpop sound and how it doesn’t sound like anything MM has done before (except maybe a bit like Pistol).