| Modest Mouse / We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
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| Album: | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Modest Mouse | Added: | Apr 2007 | |
| Label: | Epic Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-04-15 | Pull Date: | 2007-06-17 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 17 | Jun 10 | Jun 3 | May 27 | May 20 | May 13 | May 6 | Apr 29 |
| Airplays: | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 01, 2023: | Early Riser Fire It Up | 4. | May 06, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler Dashboard | |
| 2. | Dec 15, 2022: | down in the basement Missed The Boat | 5. | Feb 28, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Dashboard | |
| 3. | Nov 03, 2022: | down in the basement Dashboard | 6. | Dec 13, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler Dashboard |
| Album Review |
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| canuck Reviewed 2007-04-17 | ||
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6th album, a nautically themed one, of "indie" rock from these Pacific Northwest stalwarts. This album sees the addition of Johnny Marr (the Smiths) to the band. Marrdest Mouse--get it? Whether this shows obvious signs of Marr's influence or not, I'll leave up to the real Smiths' fans. James Mercer of the Shins also offers backup vocals on a number of songs. For simplicity, I call Isaac Brock's energetic sing-shouting style "yelping" below. This debuted at #1 on the Billboard album charts and it's on a major, so it's not indie after all, but that doesn't preclude it from being good. -Adrian FCC: 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 My picks: 1, 2, 5(FCC), 10, 11, 12(FCC) 1. 6/8 accordion lilt goes quickly into a full med-slow rocker with signature Brock yelp. Alternates between subdued and full-on. 2. the single. catchy and upbeat. 3. med-slow and subdued. starts with bass and drums (and drum programming), then one of those MM single-note guitar lines. group singing before it goes fully into the song. 4. FCC ("shit" at 2:55 remaining) med-fast. a few guitar parts and drums under the Brock yelping. melodic chorus. subdued breakdown 3/4 the way through. 5. FCC (2x "fuck", 1x "shithead") starts slow and subdued. dark. starts with stomping, clapping and acoustic guitar. cello adds later. gets into mandolin+violin+vocal+stomping+clapping frenzy at the end 6. med-slow and subdued. pretty soft. 7. med-fast. lots o guitars. has some 80s-sounding background vocals by Mercer. 8. walking tempo (strutting tempo?). strange horn sound at the beginning, then goes into a multiple-guitar yelp fest. 9. FCC ("shit" w/ 3:10 remaining) starts with bass, random percussion and far-off vocals before going into a fuller arrangement. again, this song is for strutting 10. slow. starts subdued with guitars and keyboards and soft vocals. builds in almost post-rocky way 11. mid-tempo. driven by a classic modest mouse guitar line. other guitars and percussion adds in. breakdown with reverbed guitar and vocals. 12. FCC ("fucked up at 6:23 remaining) long (8:29) acoustic guitar and voice with flirtations of electric guitar and percussion until 1:30 in when it because full band. break down then it becomes positively post-rocky for the last half. 13. FCC("fucked up" at 1:17 remaining) med-tempo. mostly subdued with slight outbursts with swirling and repeated guitar riffs 14. med-fast with plenty of guitars and yelping. | ||
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