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MODEST MOUSE Reid Flynn (Business)
If you write about music, if you listen to music, if you have ever been peripherally aware that the radio waves leaking out of your stereo can be arranged into sweet melodies, you may feel as though a band has found a way to distill your convoluted thoughts into a single perfect package. For myself and countless others, that band is Modest Mouse. Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green and (until recently) Eric Judy have been “building nothing out of something since ‘93.” Born in the Seattle suburb of Isaaquah
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at the peak of grunge, Modest Mouse turned away from that movement’s gloomy bombast, seeking inspiration instead from Pixies’ messy weirdness and Built to Spill’s moody noodling. Though they came to us as a nondescript trio of guitar, bass, and drums, it was Brock’s Appalachian charisma, whip-smart lyrics and transient carny drawl that shot them to indie rock stardom. What follows is an entry-level primer on the band’s first five studio albums. Maybe you’ll learn something; maybe you won’t. Enjoy.