Since first breaking into the mainstream in 2004 with their hit, “Float On”, platinum-selling artist Modest Mouse has broken boundaries for indie music. Their impressive back catalog has become essential for hardcore fans to own, and they are often treated with b-sides and rare tracks from the band. No One’s First and You’re Next is a collection of newly recorded songs from the We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and Good News for People Who Love Bad News sessions, as well as [Read More...]
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With No One’s First, And You’re Next, Modest has given it’s fans something to tide us over until a new album is released. A lot of reviews I’ve been reading online have not been to kind to this release. It’s as if they don’t get that this a b-sides collection, and are treating it like a full fledged album. Something that surprises me about these so called “music critics”, is that none of them have mentioned the track I Have It All(most). It has already been released twice before. Once on the Float On single and the other as a bonus track on the dual disc version of Good News. While it’s a great track, it is my only complaint about the album. The rest of the album is great, I agree with the previous reviewer on that you can tell which tracks came from which sessions. And suprisingly some of the tracks do have that older Modest feel to them. My advice if you love Modest as much as I do, pick up this album. I’m sure you will love it.
I really like this album. Modest Mouse continues to evolve artistically while staying true to their distinctly awesome style. This is not a radio friendly album, but that’s radio’s problem. Fans of Modest Mouse will probably regard this as some of their best work ever. I only wish that it was longer!
Well, I, for one, was surprised to see this E.P. released. As a Modest Mouse fan, I picked up a copy the day it was released and I’ve listened to it a few times through now. Overall, it’s exactly what you would expect out of Modest Mouse. There’s good stuff on here and as I was listening to it, I could pick out the tracks that sounded like they came from certain recording sessions. For example, ‘Guilty Cocker Spaniels’ sounds like it would fit right in on ‘Good News for People Who Love Bad News’. Other songs remind me of their early work and some sound like they would fit in with ‘We Were Dead Before the Ship Evan Sank’. There’s a little something for everyone here.
There’s good stuff on here and this CD should not be overlooked by Modest Mouse fans. It’s everything you would expect out of them.