Strangers To Ourselves
by Modest Mouse

From makerofbuckets TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2015 07:39 | #138115 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Look, Modest Mouse is my favorite band but I'm sadly not feeling this one. Not bad, just unmemorable like WWDBTSES. The production remains relatively flat, Of Course We Know could've been great if the massive bass drum was heavier and louder. The groovier moments (Best Room, Lampashades on Fire) are some of the better moments here but I sadly can't get being most of what's being done here.

From Daffeinatek 03/21/2015 17:11 | #137455 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is really an interesting album compared to GNFPWLBN and WWDBTSES. There's more elements to the songs and they feel polished but still Modest Mouse-like, something that was attempted on tried to do on WWDBTSES e.g Fire It Up. We can mostly agree that didn't turn out well, but in the end was the process of the band moving forward and it shows on this album.
Low points for me are Pistol (I think we can all unanimously agree on that), Be Brave, and The Tortoise and The Tourist.
All others are really good in my opinion, with Pups to Dust, Ansel, and Wicked Campaign being some of my favorites.

Voting 100/100 because it deserves to be higher than 72.

From babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/22/2015 20:50 | #137525 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

It's hard for me to rate Modest Mouse albums, considering they're my favorite band and I'm bound to like just about anything they put out. This is probably their weakest album yet, but it's still packed with fun melodies and catchy songs. The lyrical content seems weaker after a couple listens than their other albums, but there are still some really strong lines. Lampshades on Fire, The Ground Walks, and Coyotes are probably the best songs, but Ansel and Sugar Boats are some really strong deep cuts. And there's nothing wrong with Pistol, although I will say the end of the album starts to drag quite a bit.

From koner1 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/07/2015 15:24 | #136323 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Once again, a heartfelt fuck you to platus for rating this album before it even comes out.

Basically what one might expect an eight-years-in-the-making Modest Mouse album would be like: a giant junkyard full of shiny, slanted objects that often prick you at the strangest corners. Pistol is like having a rusty revolover jammed into your ear and having it mimic The Twist as it wedges itself deeper in your brain- a totally hilarious song that becomes rather frightning on repeat listens.