[Indie rock]The Stars Are Projectors.
I choose to open the review with those words because that song is too fucking epic for words.
Modest Mouse's The Moon and Antarctica, is generally considered as their best album, and I agree.
Musically it's everything MM is known for, and a bit more. Melancholic, introspective, shaky...
The instrumentation is pretty well thought out, especially on the epic songs like The stars are projectors. The vocals are powerful and the lyrics are really nice too.
It's one of those things that you really must listen to, to fully grasp it. But If you want, check out some tracks like: "The Stars are Projectors" "3rd Planet" "Gravity Rides Everything"
I'd really suggest listening to this record before any other release by Modest Mouse, but I'm pretty sure there's no way to escape from "Float On" now.
Seriously, this album is too fucking amazing.
You should definitely listen to it, at least once.
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Really like your blog!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little behind the times, only listening to the album now! So tempted to skip to "The Stars are Projectors" as you suggested but the rest is too good to skip!