Modest Mouse release tomorrow.

Just wanted to share my excitement (*bounce bounce bounce*) at tomorrow morning's release of the new Modest Mouse album… anyone have it yet?

I tried to talk a shop-that-will-not-be-named into selling me one yesterday, but they were really jerks about it and wouldn't. Acted like I was asking them to saw a limb off.

I got my copy Saturday, listening now. It is good. They played Float On off of it shortly before Death Cab came on the other night.

I found it really bizzare that there was a commercial advertizing the new album during the Red Sox/O's game on ESPN2 last night. Not really the demographic that listens to MM…or so I thought.

Any bets as to when a modest mouse reference occurs on the OC?

Has anyone noticed that a close listen to Float on, reveals that it would fit in perfectly on the stellastarr* album?

Are any of the other songs on the album as catchy as float on?

(I downloaded Float on for free thanks to pepsi and itunes)

Based on who was wearing band t-shirts for Modest Mouse at Bumbershoot, I would say the typical Modest Mouse fan is a 13 year old girl.

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I found it really bizzare that there was a commercial advertizing the new album during the Red Sox/O's game on ESPN2 last night. Not really the demographic that listens to MM…or so I thought.

Any bets as to when a modest mouse reference occurs on the OC?

eh-hem. Half of us 13-year-old-grrls turned 14 over the course of the winter and we don't like being pigeonholed that way.

*hairflip*
*hrumph*

Originally posted by Walkie hearts your balls:
Based on who was wearing band t-shirts for Modest Mouse at Bumbershoot, I would say the typical Modest Mouse fan is a 13 year old girl.

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I found it really bizzare that there was a commercial advertizing the new album during the Red Sox/O's game on ESPN2 last night. Not really the demographic that listens to MM…or so I thought.

Any bets as to when a modest mouse reference occurs on the OC?

Originally posted by Walkie hearts your balls:
the typical Modest Mouse fan is a 13 year old girl.

their last album before this was in 2000, I don't think 9 year olds were listening to modest mouse

I would have thunk that turning 14 would have turned you into a Ben Kweller fan. Leave Modest Mouse to the 13 year olds!

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
eh-hem. Half of us 13-year-old-grrls turned 14 over the course of the winter and we don't like being pigeonholed that way.

*hairflip*
*hrumph*

Originally posted by Walkie hearts your balls:
Based on who was wearing band t-shirts for Modest Mouse at Bumbershoot, I would say the typical Modest Mouse fan is a 13 year old girl.

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I found it really bizzare that there was a commercial advertizing the new album during the Red Sox/O's game on ESPN2 last night. Not really the demographic that listens to MM…or so I thought.

Any bets as to when a modest mouse reference occurs on the OC?

Woah… has anyone been to the Modest Mouse website lately? That scary, creepy, bleeding Grover-like thing is sure to show up in the nightmares of the 13-year old girls… perhaps it's the scarecrow they've come up with to help force a more mature audience?

Eep. I'm scared.

i've had it for weeks. it fan-fucking-tastic. the second half didn't grab me right away, but its solid. now please come to dc.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Has anyone noticed that a close listen to Float on, reveals that it would fit in perfectly on the stellastarr* album?

Are any of the other songs on the album as catchy as float on?

(I downloaded Float on for free thanks to pepsi and itunes)

Any opinions? Anyone?

Modest Mouse in Lollapalooza 2004. Wow, that ought to be a let down.

review here

I was a little surprised to see it listed in the various Best Buy/Circuit City/Target mailers this weekend - I think Best Buy is seeling it for 7.99

Originally posted by brennser:
seeling

Thanks for the info!

And, just to be an arse…….

seel     P   Pronunciation Key  (sl)
tr.v. seeled, seel·ing, seels
To stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon)

seeling


Seel \Seel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling.] [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.] 1. (Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. –Bacon.

Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. –J. Reading.

2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. –Shak.

Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. –Chapman.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


seeling


Seel \Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] –Sandys.

OK, that does it, I've had it with bands doing this to me.

And to get even, anyone who wants to burn a copy of it after I get it tomorrow, let me know. I'm not interested in financing espn2 ads or supporting a bestseller.

Originally posted by brennser:

I was a little surprised to see it listed in the various Best Buy/Circuit City/Target mailers this weekend - I think Best Buy is seeling it for 7.99

Markie, from the review brennser so helpfully pointed out:

The first single, "Float On," is one of the most charming of the year, a positive-thinking sing-along that still rocks out. "All right, don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy, we'll all float on," Brock sings over what may be Modest Mouse's most memorable guitar riff. The song is already starting to get airplay on alternative stations, even though it doesn't really sound like anything else on the air.

That could be said for pretty much all of "Good News," though.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I'm not interested in financing espn2 ads or supporting a bestseller.

what the hell are you on about, they are on sony/epic, or are sony an ok corporation for some obscure reason, their last album was put out by sony as well

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I found it really bizzare that there was a commercial advertizing the new album during the Red Sox/O's game on ESPN2 last night. Not really the demographic that listens to MM…or so I thought.

all the indie kids love baseball. . .it was great watching baseball again.

btw, for the first time, i might actually root for the o's this year. . .mainly because tejada is one of my favourite players (stupid oakland).

Yea I read it. He posted after I asked. It sounds like stellastarr* to me. I was hoping for an opinion from someone here. I find them more reliable, give or take their character flaws, than reviewers.