The latter song is an amalgamation of real-life stories—and, curious title aside, Brock still insists that psychedelics are worth the journey for most people, under safe conditions. Basically everyone knows MK[1]Ultra was real.
We all have a web. Stay on your own fucking thread. Even the most paranoid moments on The Golden Casket somehow come across as grounded. The album often feels like Brock surveying his life—and the context of that life—without extraneous commentary.
Brock knows that he is living in a fucked-up world full of evil, but he is still capable of finding plenty of beauty when he slows down and looks for it. Not a subscriber? Search on the website. Newsletters Podcast Vendor Village Playlist. Backline T-Shirt Shop Now. Daily 7 news Sign Up. At Work: Adeline. Despite not receiving commercial success from their first few full lengths, when tracks picked from the early days get aired the crowd react incredibly positively.
Huge singalong moments appear during 'Dashboard' and 'Fire It Up' and although these are quite polished pieces of indie on the record they are incredibly raw when performed live.
The indie rock sound becomes almost garage-like as the instrumental aspect of the live gigs feels more like a jam session than a polished performance. This is endearing though as no matter how big of a venue, the whole show feels incredibly personal and a fantastic showcase of the band's large discography. I remember hearing about Modest Mouse back in the early s, so I was surprised to see them come to my town and play a sold-out show at a local concert hall.
Their live sound is a lot more raw and intense than their singles, such as Float On, which I came to love them for. Instead, they have many songs where they sound more like a garage band than a polished indie force - but that's a good thing! I was impressed by the experimentation the guitarists tried in almost every song.
Even though some of it was very noisy, the majority of the songs were all based on a powerful beat and melody so nothing was really lost. I was actually really appreciative of their live skills, especially how they changed up parts of The Good Times Are Killing Me for a live performance.
The crowd was very respectful during their less-intense songs, especially when the entire band was performing together to make a really awesome folk sound. That was surprising but worked out when we were able to leave after the 2nd Brand New "song" of shouting and headbanging. Anyway, MM was limited to about 45 min. The voice audio was muffled and supressed in volume, awful, rendering comments from the band incomprehensible and the poignant vocal counterpoints lost. I'll look for a better context next time Modest Mouse is an incredible band.
They are proof that amazing musicians still exist! But this was a Tuesday night show and we expected them to headline. We received a last-minute notice that was unclear and half-suggested that MM might go on first.
We missed the first 45 minutes of their performance. And as well as the band played, they didn't seem to want to be there. Maybe that's because the sound was awful - something was wrong with Isaac's mic the whole time. Something was off. I can't wait to see them again but next time, I hope it will be at a different location.
Oh, and we didn't even wait for Brand New to play. My largest complaint is they didn't play Float On. I mean, you better have a lot of hits to skip your one-hit-wonder. I like some of their other songs but Float On is by far their best.
My second complaint is the band sounds terrible live, they sounded out of sync, out of tune, and were just blasting us with ear-cringing noise. I have since seen Brandi Carlile and Norah Jones at the same venue and the acoustics were great, so Mosest Mouse just isn't talented enough to see live.
Save your money. We were told by the venue "The Greek Theater" that "there will not be an opening band" and that "Modest Mouse" will start at promptly. Well, actually Modest Mouse was the opener for a crappy band called "Brand New". Modest Mouse only played a short set and the last thing the lead singer said was "my throats dry" and they quit, never to return not even for an encore.
Sound was off terribly. I spent a lot of money and drove a long ways to be disappointed in this terrible concert, and believe me, I've seen a lot of them. And the venue lied, why even send me an email with that kind of info?
Get it together. Modest Mouse put on a good show. As far as stage presence goes, most of the band were just kind of standing in their spot focusing on the instruments. Only the lead singer really put on a "performance" and he was pretty over the top sometimes.
The band could have sounded a lot better if they had just turned the volume down maybe decibels. It's not the band's fault, the venue is smaller in size and I've been to other shows there, so I know it has a history of lousy sound quality, but it was seriously loud for such a small building. Went to both Detroit shows and they couldn't have been more different.
First show we stood one riser up main floor. The band was great. They didn't play as long as we had hoped. Only one short encore. No, I mean, things are that great. But it happens from time to time. When you do, do you feel like that same person? Do you recognize the person who wrote those songs? Yes and no.
I identify with a lot of the old songs, but the songs are flexible enough that I can actually use it to deal with what life currently hands me, you know? Our thing relied heavily on interconnected lives, playing small house shows. People have found new avenues. Maybe some people are. Based on what I know, people are a lot more engaged through all the various different platforms on the internet and shit, which, some of them seem to be pretty fucking cool.
In that way, there are still some decent incubator labels. It makes it sound like fucking raising livestock here. So yes, despite what I said at the beginning of this tirade, now I believe you could have a similar trajectory. Neither of those would have been the hardest. Which is kind of deep. It would be strange not to have hopes and expectations and things.
But more often than not, my experience has been that people tend to like the records I make about 10 years after I make them. Yeah, I get it. The only way to really get in there is to get in there. Before we go, I have to ask about the golf photos that came out a few months back. Are you actually playing golf?
I just thought it would be fun. But they let you drive a little car and order drinks and have fun. You get to swing a metal rod with a big metal ball on the end of it. I approve of the activity. I had to let a lot of people play through.
I think that the well-manicured moonscape with grass and shit is pretty cool. Actually, I do believe this: I believe golf courses are funny little giant board game versions of our shrunk-down realities. You get to drive on roads. They need to combine the two golfs. Like whack your ball towards a miniature golf set, and then you have to play through that. That would be great. Plus, the guys discuss the Rams picking up Odell Beckham Jr.
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