Album Rating: 5.0

its cool to hate popular things

Album Rating: 4.5

I've made a career out of it!

Album Rating: 5.0

Float On is basically Modest Mouse's Creep and Good News plays fills a pretty damn similar mold. Every time I talk about the band with a common friend the conversation goes like this:



"Dude, you like Modest Mouse? I love Modest Mouse. I like to put on that album Good News while I'm smoking and I can just listen to the whole thing without skipping one song on it."



"Yeah, man, that album is pretty sweet. I love Lonesome Crowded West the most, though."



"Lonesome Crowded what?



"You know, this band's shit in the nineties. That's when they were at their best."



"They made stuff in the nineties? I've only really listened to Good News. Float On is a great song."

Album Rating: 5.0

big if true

Album Rating: 5.0

i love how no post could have possibly verified my "its cool to hate popular things" comment more

good news isnt bad because its popular

Album Rating: 5.0

sure

Album Rating: 4.5

Don't speak for everyone, Ryus. I definitely hated it because it was popular. Just like this album.

hmm

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, that's fair, but Good News is largely popular because it's Modest Mouse smoothing out their edges to create a more accessible and popular sound. It is literally their sell-out album. Now, to their great credit, ain't no other band putting Dance Hall or Satin in a Coffin in their sellout album, and Modest Mouse still manages to make it quirky, weird, cynical and largely pure quality which is why, again, it is a 4. A 4 for excellent. Not for terrible. Just to be clear.



It's just the least representative of what makes this band special.

Album Rating: 5.0

"fed up with all that LSD

need more sleep than coke or methamphetamines"



soon to be heard on your local radio station!

Album Rating: 5.0

if you want to talk about the moment modest mouse sold out lets talk about "dashboard"

Album Rating: 5.0

l i t e r a l l y

Album Rating: 5.0

Do you know how many times I've heard Pumped Up Kicks on the radio?



And I mean, sure, Dashboard is another Float On in Modest Mouse's catalog, but it strikes me as a little more authentic to them. Plus, that record has Parting of the Sensory and Spitting Venom which are much higher on the list of Modest Mouse's best tracks than anything on Good News.



Which, sucks by the way, I absolutely hate it.

Album Rating: 5.0

"but it strikes me as a little more authentic to them"



disagreed completely but opinions are like assholes amirite

Album Rating: 5.0

Those two songs are certainly in the same echelon. That was as subjective of a statement as I could have made.

Album Rating: 5.0

Good News isn't close to a sell-out. It's too out there.



Honestly, We Were Dead... is my least favorite. I still love it, but it feels like the least like Modest Mouse. Morel like Brock set out to make some banging rock tunes and succeeded, but lost something along the way.

Album Rating: 5.0

"Those two songs are certainly in the same echelon"



nah dashboard is as purposefully basic pop rock as modest mouse has made their entire careers and so much so there are no comparables imo

Album Rating: 5.0

we were dead is extremely hit or miss, big highlights and also their worst songs

We Were Dead went full Talking Heads and I kinda dig most of it. Good News hit a great stride early on, but every track felt like it was either a single or a b-side and that sinks the second half pretty squarely