I've been a fan of Modest Mouse since I was a kid when I would feel something indescribable and meloncholy listening to Float On on loop. My nostalgia albums are good news for people who love bad news, we were dead before the ship sank, and strangers to ourselves, and recently I had the urge to expand my knowledge of Modest Mouse's discography, urged by the recurring phenomenon of me happening to hear a Modest Mouse song for the first time and being like "hold on, they're actually good?" and then forgetting to do anything with that information.
I think what keeps me coming back to this album is the way the build up and payoff is structured. My bible for this type of music for right now is Doolittle by the Pixies and I think this scratches some of the same itches with the guitar, drums, and the strange little buildups, the mix of genuinely repelling me a bit with the sound but drawing me in at the same time with its rhythms and payoffs. Maybe less jarring and odd than Doolittle and more of a country sound than I would have sought out on my own. Continuing to enjoy myself with this one so if I get any other insights I will update this page with them.
The album starts out with the track "Teeth Like Gods Shoeshine"
"Trailer Trash" is another favorite from the album. Just Kind of Nice. Man I don't have anything interesting to say about these songs I think I will reduce the song-by-song stuff.