Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News

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Free Music Notes for Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Free Music Review: Album Of The Year, easily.
Hit: 5 Stars

The World At Large is the most light, peaceful song of the past few years, with a slow, but memorable tune. This song is like a walking dream, you'd have to experience it for yourself.

Float On is absolutely the highlight of this album, and it is easily the song and video of this year. Everything about this song is epic, and it really rolls on, but this song could go any of which ways you'd want it to. It can be lighthearted, and it can be very enthusiastic, this song is compatible to any situation. Every member of Modest Mouse contributes beautifully to this song, and once the last chorus kicks in, the end of the world wouldn't stop you from nodding, or singing to yourself.

While Float On, is a song in a league of it's own, Ocean Breathes Salty rolls with a wider spectrum of music. This song is more, I wouldn't say mainstream, but more easy to enjoy than, but not as good as Float On. This song has a great chorus, and is put together masterfully, and is a worthy follow up single.

Bury Me With It has a soaring chorus, with guitars than spill all over the place, with a nice bassline. The song isn't outwright one of the standouts, but sounds very slick, and sounds superb.

Dancehall is the most questionable song on the album, but it is a good song. I think the vocals are a little bit grinding, but the guitar on the chorus makes up for that, and when meshed together, it makes for a GOOD, but not one of the better choruses on the album. This song is great on all aspects except vocals, that is the only hindering thing on the song.

Bukowski is another highlight of the album, with it's light, instrumentally superb song. This song really emphasizes it's message, and truly does justice to it's subject matter, the song is very thought-inducing. A conscious song, but light too, this song is one of the best.

This Devil's Workday might be a turnoff for some, because of it's more diverse music. The horns, and the general direction of the song is drastically different compared to most of the album, but the song sounds very good, and is a very, not to say WILD, but a very lively affair, and I personally enjoy the song a lot. But this song gets upstaged by the next song.

My choice for third single off the album is the following song, The View. This song is the most general, and the most rolling song out of all the songs on this album. It's very strange, because this song almost takes a life of it's own away from this album, the production, and the instruments create a PERFECT blend, for ANY situation, driving, partying, clubbing, or listening peacefully. For such a wonderfully blissful recording, the lyrics are quite somber, but the chorus and guitar is absolutely classic. The latter part of the song doesn't have the raw power of the first guitar showcase, but when lead vocalist Brock pours his heart onto the track, you sing with him. It's a toss up between Float On, and this song, but there's absolutely no we to deny this as a standout track.

Satin in a Coffin is another instrumentally diverse one, but it for some reason is very infectious. The chorus is more hypnotic than repetive, and the guitar work is very beneficial to the song. This song has an up halfway through, and then rounds out as an above average track, but is very good.

Blame It on the Tetons is a standout because of it's calming effect. This song has a personality much like the video for Float On, this one isn't infectious as much as just pleasant, and very easy to grin to. A wondefully light song, but it's prescence is very strong on this album.

Closet Choice for fourth single would have to be Black Cadillacs. This song has the foreign, and wild guitar that Modest Mouse specializes in, great lyrics and great work from vocalist Brock, and this song is just one of the more energetic, and more gutsy workings. The chorus is infectious, and makes for a standout track.

One Chance, one of the more poppy tracks, but also one of the best. One of the more light, but more mainstream tracks. Lyrically one of the best, and this song is the closest to TOUCHING on the album, the lyrics just play along with the instrumental work so well. The most generally good song on the album, followed up by the last standout.

The Good Times are Killing Me the best track musically, and by far the most infectious track out of all of them. So lighthearted, and wonderfully crafted, this is the best sing-along song of the past few years. The work of all bandmembers is perfect on this song, and this song is the perfect way to close out a poppy, sweet, and calm album. Just about two minutes in, you see the best was yet to come all along, as the song leads into the climax, rich in sounds, and closes out in epic fashion.
Excellent.

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There you have it. Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News. With the standout tracks, Float On, The View, and Ocean Breathes Salty, and songs that engage every mood this album is a masterpiece of modern rock music. Album of the year easily. Vote Float On for video of the year.

This one's a classic.

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