Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
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Artist: Modest MouseEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- March Into The Sea
- Dashboard
- Fire It Up
- Florida
- Parting Of The Sensory
- Missed The Boat
- We've Got Everything
- Fly Trapped In A Jar
- Education
- Little Motel
- Steam Engenius
- Spitting Venom
- People As Places As People
- Invisible
Free Music Notes for We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Free Music Review: Dense, Erratic, Awesome
Hit: 4 Stars
I am a relative newcomer to the Modest Mouse universe - the first album of their I owned was 'Good News for People Who Love Bad News' - but I don't think that disqualifies me from giving an opinion on this record.
Overall, it's very good. Not quite as good as previous ones, of course, but it's perhaps a darker step away from 'Good News' to let people know that pop is not what's to be expected from Modest Mouse.
Outright anger and cynicism, rather than just ethereal philosophizing, takes up much more space, sonically and lyrically, than on previous outings. The idea of sinking and drowning, especially, pops up in several songs. The guitars can be loud, to symbolize a sinking ship, or they can buzz, like a fly with only one wing. It's amazing, really.
There are extremely great songs - 'March Into the Sea' and 'Florida' - and there are songs that are less so. Some of the tracks - namely 'Parting of the Sensory' - could have bee broken up into two songs and been more successful. The last two minutes (!) of 'Parting' is great.
Of all the tracks, 'Spitting Venom' is perhaps the most impressive and confusing. It's the longest song on the album and just feels like it should close the record, and yet for some reason it doesn't, which I think was a mistake. But that doesn't take away from the quality of the song, which is astounding.
If you thought that 'Good News' is a much-hyped, 'over-produced' album, then 'We Were Dead' may hit the mark with you.
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Their last album may have given them a certifiable radio hit, airtime on VH1, and a Kidz Bop tribute, but listening to the follow-up to 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News, you might get the sense that the members of Modest Mouse are flinching at the spotlight. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, the group's fifth full-length release, is denser than its predecessor with tunes that seem willfully harder to penetrate. Even the addition of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to the line-up seems incidental, as Modest Mouse's off-kilter sound stays largely intact. But keep listening and it becomes obvious that the band hasn't lost any of his pop bite, especially midway through with a sweep of terrific songs like "Missed the Boat," "Education" and "Little Motel." It's hard to tell if there's another "Float On" in the bunch. In fact, the first single, "Dashboard," is one of the weakest Isaac Brock has ever penned. With Shins James Mercer adding lovely vocals to "Florida," however, it hardly matters. --Aidin VaziriLimited edition two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) Japanese pressing of the 2007 album from the U.S. Alternative superheroes features one bonus track ('King Rat') plus a bonus DVD that contains three videos: 'Dashboard', 'Float On' and 'A Fisherman's Tale). . We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank is a new chapter in Modest Mouse's career with the new infusion of Johnny Marr and the extra percussion muscle brought by Plummer and Peloso. The new album features instant radio hit 'Dashboard.' Sony. 2007.
Sixth Album from the Rock Band. First-pressing-only Edition, Comes with a Dvd.
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