Last year I rediscovered and became heavily obsessed with Modest Mouse. I had checked them out back in the early 2000's but they never made much of an impact on me and I quickly forgot about them. Fast forward 20+ years, and at the very tail end of 2023 I heard the song Dramamine and it sent me spiraling through all of 2024 checking out more and more from them. By the end of last year, I'd listened to Modest Mouse more than any other band, and I'd gone to see them live, but still I'd only picked up one record for them. I needed to correct that and add more MM records to the collection this year.
Last year I picked up the 20th anniversary edition of Good News For People Who Love Bad News, and that thing was so well done. So when I was thinking about adding another Modest Mouse record to the collection, I started to look around to see if other records had done similar anniversary reissues. I spent a lot of time last year with The Lonesome Crowded West, so when I saw that there was a colored vinyl 25th anniversary edition that was released in 2022... and there was one available for a decent price on discogs... I figured that I'd pick it up.
This is such a great record. Sure there are a couple of songs that may be too long or drag a bit, but it still very fills that need when I crave something out of line with what I've listened to for the past 30 years.
The packaging on this record is amazing. Great heavy weight cover, a booklet with plenty of writing, and an art print. This thing looks so good.
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