Shelby Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 UH HUHHH. I mean, normally a missing 4th track would drive me nuts but Pistol is so bad I got over it. I imagine in my mind the only way Isaac got to sing that way was by getting hit in the face with a diarrhea fire hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distinctlydustin Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Not feeling. Anyway, you have to move your hands like the guys in the crowd: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rnsrgAK0T60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntslash Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Pistol is terrible, but after a few listens, I kind of liked it, in an embarrassingly bad way. Like My Morning Jacket's "Highly Suspicious"...a terrible song, but I love it. It's one of those songs that I want to play really loud in the car but would turn way down if I was at a stop light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I mean, normally a missing 4th track would drive me nuts but Pistol is so bad I got over it. I imagine in my mind the only way Isaac got to sing that way was by getting hit in the face with a diarrhea fire hose. I could appreciate it as a novelty / joke / bonus track / b-side... but its placement on the album and overall length are just too much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I mean, normally a missing 4th track would drive me nuts but Pistol is so bad I got over it. I imagine in my mind the only way Isaac got to sing that way was by getting hit in the face with a diarrhea fire hose. Bwahahahahahahaha!!! I have not heard the record yet but this is the funiest thing I've read in awhile. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mameeshkamowskwoz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Pistol sounds like a Ween song, but is nowhere near as good as one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Amazon order shipped. Can't wait to finally hear what all the fuss is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoamgreen Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Gave it my first listen last night. "Pistol" is, by all accounts and measures, fucking intolerable. Almost as intolerable as a Ween song. (I went for the easy joke- I don't actually dislike Ween that much). I'm really digging most the rest of the record though. Some tracks I actually thought, "This is some of the best Modest Mouse I've ever heard." And I never said that about anything on the last album. We'll see how often it makes the rotation though... guessing about as much as the last one which is pretty much never. Or it could be my summer record the way Good News was 10 years ago even though a bunch of douchebags ruined it by liking it or whatever. aju2streets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Some tracks I actually thought, "This is some of the best Modest Mouse I've ever heard." Substantiate please. Won't make it through the whole of the record ever again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Gave it my first listen last night. "Pistol" is, by all accounts and measures, fucking intolerable. Almost as intolerable as a Ween song. (I went for the easy joke- I don't actually dislike Ween that much). I'm really digging most the rest of the record though. Some tracks I actually thought, "This is some of the best Modest Mouse I've ever heard." And I never said that about anything on the last album. We'll see how often it makes the rotation though... guessing about as much as the last one which is pretty much never. Or it could be my summer record the way Good News was 10 years ago even though a bunch of douchebags ruined it by liking it or whatever. Jumping in to agree. Lampshades On Fire, Coyotes, Be Brave, and Sugar Boats are awesome. Really I enjoyed the whole album aside from Pistol, but even that is growing on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVHX Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 if you listen to this record, expecting it to be similar to We Were Dead, the album is pretty good. If you listen to this record, still hoping it is going to sound like LCW, you are going to not like it at all. Although I love LCW, i dont mind this record. I just kinda think of 90's MM and past 10 years MM as two different bands lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I just kinda think of 90's MM and past 10 years MM as two different bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowty Dollaz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I just kinda think of 90's MM and past 10 years MM as two different bands. This is a very accurate description. The MM I knew pre-Good News and post-Good News are separate to me also. I distinctly remember being mad hearing fucking Float On over and over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 To me it sounds like a natural progression from We Were Dead. The band hasn't sounded the same on any two releases and thats one thing I really like about them. You never really know what to expect with them. As for them being a two different bands between the 90's and now I disagree. Issac still has those same out there introspective lyrics, talks about the west and weird stuff, and they use a lot of the same distortion (my wife calls it the empty tea kettle noise) and tones, as well as horns that they've used on a ton of releases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggiecorecords Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 what's up with the download cards from Glacial Pace? I've been trying to redeem mine since I got my package on Sat. It says "commentary" next to the tracks which makes me think it might just be an album commentary and not the music yet? Any one successfully download it yet? I haven't been able to.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowty Dollaz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 what's up with the download cards from Glacial Pace? I've been trying to redeem mine since I got my package on Sat. It says "commentary" next to the tracks which makes me think it might just be an album commentary and not the music yet? Any one successfully download it yet? I haven't been able to.. Probably not until tomorrow (release date). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laralaurent Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I just kinda think of 90's MM and past 10 years MM as two different bands. Which is their prerogative. Overall I think there are some really great songs on this album (shit in your cut, the ground walks, coyotes, sugar boats) but it's not the most consistent as far as a whole. For instance, I can see how Pistol is a MM song but where it fits on this album I'm not sure. That said, I hate it a lot less than I originally did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Jumping in to agree. Lampshades On Fire, Coyotes, Be Brave, and Sugar Boats are awesome. Really I enjoyed the whole album aside from Pistol, but even that is growing on me Can I ask, why Lampshades on Fire? It sounds like Float On lite. Even uses the same buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bu-buuuuhaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVHX Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 to anyone who received the LP already, are you having trouble downloading the album with the code? it will only let me download a commentary. might just have to wait til tmw to download the real album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkinglot Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 what's up with the download cards from Glacial Pace? I've been trying to redeem mine since I got my package on Sat. It says "commentary" next to the tracks which makes me think it might just be an album commentary and not the music yet? Any one successfully download it yet? I haven't been able to.. Probably not until tomorrow (release date). to anyone who received the LP already, are you having trouble downloading the album with the code? it will only let me download a commentary. might just have to wait til tmw to download the real album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVHX Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 shit my bad. thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Can I ask, why Lampshades on Fire? It sounds like Float On lite. Even uses the same buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bu-buuuuhaa Honestly can't tell you, but its one of the ones that has been stuck in my head since I heard it on friday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Honestly can't tell you, but its one of the ones that has been stuck in my head since I heard it on friday True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowty Dollaz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Made it to track 2 of "The Golden Casket Vol. 1" (lampshades), and so far it's We were Dead-y. I am not letdown yet. Will follow up post-Pistol. Update: I understand why folks don't like Pistol, but I think he's making some relevant social commentary on how we're destroying ourselves to brink of insanity (aka we're all fucking crazy). TBC... Cont... Overall= A- to a B+ Some tracks are awesome others will grow on me more and a couple I could do without. In a nutshell, I'm very satisfied with the album. I can't wait for Vol. 2. kjkenney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Update: I understand why folks don't like Pistol, but I think he's making some relevant social commentary on how we're destroying ourselves to brink of insanity (aka we're all fucking crazy). TBC... I'm excited to hear this song now after all the talk about it. I'm waiting to pick the album up locally tomorrow so haven't heard much beyond 'Lampshades on Fire', which plays on our local radio station a biiit. But I get the same vibe from 'Lampshades on Fire'; very misanthropic point of view on humanity. I got that a bit on 'We Were Dead...' too, but that, to me, was like his coping with his past and how his crazy, addictive ways have affected his present, where the new material is like, as you mentioned, not only is he crazy, but we're all fucking crazy; we get so caught up in partying, and overindulgence, that we become...."Strangers to Ourselves" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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