Modest Mouse An Eraser and a Maze
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Gyromania
Staff Reviewer
June 13th 2026


38987 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"third side of the moon sucks. song about nothing rules"



That is a wild take. Third Side has a really cool development in the latter half. Song About Nothing is just grating, tonally mismatched in the context of the album.



"Knocked Down by Waves" and "Stoner Party" should have been axed."



Pretty much agreed with this, but I'd throw in Song About Nothing too. Look How Far is the best of those final nothing-tracks, but it still feels like something that should've either come earlier or been developed further. Impossible Somedays is a track I initially rated higher but it registers as pretty midtier after multiple plays, especially for a closer. It realllly doesn't help that it's preceded by the weakest stretch on the album by a mile lol.

Sowing
Moderator
June 13th 2026


46039 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Third Side might be my early favorite here, I think it's one of the best songs they've made in years

juiceviaorange
June 14th 2026


1152 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The sequencing here is for sure odd, but I really have never found that to be a strength of theirs. Even top-tier Mouse records have an uneven grab bag quality to them (obviously there's stretches of ace logical sequencing too)



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