SUBJECT TO ITS OWN PITCHFORK DOCUMENTARY, LISTED IN NUMEROUS PRESTIGIOUS BEST ALBUMS OF THE 90S LISTS, AND DESTINED TO BE RE-DISCOVERED BY CONTINUOUS GENERATIONS, THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST STANDS AS THE DEFACTO NORTHWEST INDIE-ROCK RECORD. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1997, IT NOT ONLY HELPED SHAPE THE SOUND THAT CAME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMERICAN PACIFIC NORTHWEST, BUT ACROSS THESE SPRAWLING, WIDE-OPEN 15 SONGS, MODEST MOUSE HELPED REDEFINE WHAT WAS POSSIBLE FOR GUITAR MUSIC. AS SUCH, THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST HAS OFTEN BEEN MIMICKED, BUT IT’S AWESOME OPEN-HEARTED EXISTENTIALISM AND MANIC AMBITION HAS RARELY BEEN MATCHED. A MODERN CLASSIC THAT DEMANDS REAPPRAISAL.
Label: |
Glacial Pace – GPLP009 |
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Format: |
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180g |
Country: |
US |
Released: |
2025 |
Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Indie Rock |
| A1 | Teeth Like God's Shoeshine | 6:51 | |
| A2 | Heart Cooks Brain | 4:02 | |
| A3 | Convenient Parking | 4:08 | |
| A4 | Baby Blue Sedan | 4:03 | |
| B1 | Jesus Christ Was An Only Child | 2:36 | |
| B2 | Doin' The Cockroach | 4:18 | |
| B3 | Cowboy Dan | 6:14 | |
| B4 | Trailer Trash | 5:48 | |
| C1 | Out Of Gas | 2:29 | |
| C2 | Long Distance Drunk | 3:41 | |
| C3 | Shit Luck | 2:22 | |
| C4 | Truckers Atlas | 10:56 | |
| D1 | Polar Opposites | 3:28 | |
| D2 | Bankrupt On Selling | 2:51 | |
| D3 | Lounge (Closing Time) | 7:03 | |
| D4 | Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright | 6:52 |