First off - Lonesome Crowded West I would argue is the best Modest Mouse album, that whole album is an excellent listen all the way through.
Second of all, this album is definitely not the best Modest Mouse album but not the worst, I would have to say the best song on the album however is Parting of the Sensory which leads me to wonder if the person a couple posts back actually listened to the album when they said that Modest Mouse's newer lyrics have no meaning... Meanings are pretty easy to pick out in most of the songs on this album.
It's definitely a cleaner sound than the earlier Modest Mouse albums but I would also argue not quite as clean as Good News which I would say is a good thing, it seems more characteristic of the band.
All in all - Good album.
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