Modest Mouse!!!
 

Modest Mouse is amazing!. You guys should all check out the indie band Malbec. Check them out on Myspace, the answering machine EP is SO good!

limewire? this isnt 2000 anymore, bro.

it's all about blogspots maaaaaaaaan

Modest Mouse
 

Just wanted everyones input on Modest Mouse. Theyve been my favorite band for 7 years now and I cant get enough. Do you guys think they have gotten too "mainstream"?

I don't necessarily think they have gotten too mainstream, though they've been accepted by the mainstream. I just think the sincerity left their music a couple of albums back and I hardly enjoy it because of that. The stuff from We Were Dead... is darn terrible. I liked when he sang from the heart rather than just writing and singing pop songs (and when I say pop I don't mean mainstream...I mean pop).

I just made the classic noob error and posted a thread that already existed, sorry all.

Ill have to argue that. At first i thought we were dead was extremely pop like, but after a few good listens I realized its alot more than that. Spitting Venom and Fly Trapped in a Jar are both amazing songs.

I too am a huge MM fan and I enjoy most of their work. And I agree We Were Dead was a solid album. I just prefer the pre-good news MM a bunch more. It doesn't get better than Lonesome Crowded West for me. I have listened to their new stuff too and it seems pretty mediocre :soapbox:

It's not so much the sound that I was calling pop, they definitely have their own sound. Just that the lyrics/subject matter is more pop versus personal/heartfelt. And this has caused a huge shift in his vocal delivery, from sincere to more of a pop song delivery (yes with his own style). It just doesn't feel real and that's one thing I liked about MM in the beginning. That's all.

I can def see your point sidewinder. Im a bigger fan of their early stuff for the same reason. I think a few of their newer songs (Float On, Dashboard...) were considered more "normal" and therefore got them attention from a wider crowd, the radio crowd if you will, and I dont know how a band wouldnt change atleast a little bit to please the new fans. I do think MM didnt change too much and Ill sure as hell keep listening to them.