ALBUMWe Were Dead Before the Ship Even SankModest Mouse
ALBUMBaron Von B******t Rides AgainModest Mouse
ALBUMGood News For People Who Love Bad News (20th Anniversary Expanded Edition)Modest Mouse
ALBUMEverywhere and His Nasty Parlour TricksModest Mouse
ALBUMSad Sappy SuckerModest Mouse
ALBUMThe Moon & AntarcticaModest Mouse
ALBUMBuilding Nothing Out of SomethingModest Mouse
ALBUMThe Lonesome Crowded WestModest Mouse
Modest Mouse's Popular Music Videos
Float On
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Missed the Boat
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King Rat
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Ocean Breathes Salty
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We Are Between
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The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box
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Lampshades on Fire
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Dashboard (Pepsi Smash on Yahoo! Music 2007)
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Coyotes
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Ice Cream Party
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Artist Playlists
Modest Mouse Essentials
Building success out of an idiosyncratic indie rock sound.
Modest Mouse: Influences
Meet a cast of inspirations as diverse as the band's lineup.
Inspired by Modest Mouse
Existentialism filtered through intricate indie guitar pop.
Modest Mouse: Deep Cuts
The indie rock icons at their most unhinged and unpredictable.
Artist Biography
Modest Mouse have lived many lives—as feisty lo-fi heroes, beloved indie oddballs, unlikely chart-toppers, and respected rock statesmen. It’s a reflection of frontman Isaac Brock’s raw, restless, somewhat unhinged spirit: Heck, he’s remained the only consistent member throughout the band’s existence since forming as a trio in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington. Modest Mouse were influential from the start, rising from the hallowed DIY grounds of Calvin Johnson’s K Records. In the ‘90s, they released several EPs and two albums that balanced dark, sprawling, inward-looking indie with Pixies-inspired pop and raucous, tantrum-throwing rock—all informed by Brock’s panoramic view of existential dread. The band launched into the 21st century with a major-label deal and 2000’s The Moon & Antarctica, an expansive, mercurial collection of warped strings and keys and layers upon layers of guitars that both assuage and assault. They’d polish up that sound even more for 2004’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News, which holds more than a few heady gems, including No. 1 hit “Float On,” a perfect representation of Modest Mouse’s manic guitar pop masquerading as a sunny, if not sardonic, sing-along. The bigger they got, the brassier the hooks became, with help from former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and an ever-evolving lineup. Brock—still spitting out his best neurotic, nihilistic, quote-worthy lines—remains the harried heart of it all, keeping Modest Mouse as wondrously weird as ever.