Modest Mouse - Moon & Antarctica: 10th Anniversary Edition [8/10]

Artist:

Modest Mouse

UPC:

886977516320

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Description:

Modest Mouse: Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar); Eric Judy (bass); Jeremiah Green (drums).
Additional personnel: Ben Blankenship (guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards); Greg Ratajczak (guitar); Tyler Riley (violin); Brian Deck (keyboards); Ben Massarella (percussion); Chiyoko Yoshida, Tim Rutilli (background vocals).
Recorded at Clava Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
Modest Mouse: Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar); Eric Judy (bass); Jeremiah Green (drums).
Additional personnel: Ben Blankenship (guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboards); Greg Ratajczak (guitar); Tyler Riley (violin); Brian Deck (keyboards); Ben Massarella (percussion); Chiyoko Yoshida, Tim Rutilli (background vocals).
Recorded at Clava Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
Personnel: Isaac Brock (vocals, guitar); Jeremiah Green (drums).
Audio Mixer: Brian Deck.
Audio Remasterer: Howie Weinberg.
Recording information: Clava Studio, Chicago, IL; Jupiter Studio, Seattle, WA.
Photographers: Eric Judy; Isaac Brock; Jeremiah Green; Simon Labalestier.
After wowing the college and indie rock world with two lauded independent CDs, THIS IS A LONG RIDE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT and THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST as well as many EPs, Modest Mouse signed to a major. This is often a cause for apprehension with indie favorites, but THE MOON & ANTARCTICA weathers these concerns.
While the band`s lo-fi sound is a little higher-fi in this major label debut, the basic pop structures that have always tied Modest Mouse`s music together are pushed more to the forefront, and the production works well. All sonic changes are slight, and the band`s sardonic, slightly skewed lyrics, with their evasive take on modern life, maintain their bite. Even the poppiest tune, the breezy "Gravity Rides Everything," is fraught with tape-effects and arrhythmic percussion. The band also retains a punked-out, dissonant, discordant approach on some tracks, such as the infectious "A Different City" and the creepy "Alone Out There." THE MOON & ANTARCTICA finds Modest Mouse with its musical integrity still intact.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. 3rd Planet
2. Gravity Rides Everything
3. Dark Center of the Universe
4. Perfect Disguise
5. Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
6. Different City, A
7. Cold Part, The
8. Alone Down There
9. Stars Are Projectors, The
10. Wild Packs of Family Dogs
11. Paper Thin Walls
12. I Came as a Rat
13. Lives
14. Life Like Weeds
15. What People Are Made Of

Album Information

Release Date:

08/10/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Lo Fi

Label:

Epic (USA)

Producer:

Brian Deck

Catalog Number:

75163

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

59 : 36

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