Modest Mouse

Label : Sony

I feel terrible for bands who create wonderful music, but have one incredibly huge hit and will forever be known solely for that song.  Over the course of the year I've used the Exposure Box to showcase Gnarls Barkley as a prime example of this, even though they've just got the one album at this point.  More on them later.  Today I'd like to focus on Modest Mouse.
Before "Float On" hit [and hit hard], I had every intention of getting into Modest Mouse.  Kind of like right now I've got every intention of getting into the Velvet Underground.  One of those bands that, if you look closely, inspired every band you've ever liked ever.  Like the Pixies.  Luckily for Modest Mouse, the new single "Dashboard" is getting a healthy amount of exposure, meaning they may just escape the label of one-hit wonder.  In an effort to further this cause I present to you "Missed the Boat", which may end up as a single in the future according to the promotional sticker on We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
The song is much more laid back than either "Float On" or "Dashboard".  I mean, as laid back as you can get with Isaac Brock on vocals.  This mellow influence may be derived from new guitarist, former Smith Johnny Marr.  May also have to do with Shins frontman James Mercer adding his vocals to the mix [as he does on "Florida" which may also become a single].  It kind of reminds me of "the World at Large" from Good News…, but with hella guitars going on.
I just feel really awkward about a band with the history that MM has being dumped into the same bin as, say, Fine Young Cannibals.  You can't really go back to being an underground sensation, can you?

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Related Audio: 

Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat

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