"THIS IS A LONG DRIVE FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT" EXPANDS UPON THE THEMES OF EMOTIONAL AND GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION FOUND IN THE BAND’S EARLY RECORDINGS, AND FINDS THE BAND MIXING SLOW, BROODING NUMBERS WITH THRASHING GUITAR WORKOUTS. THE GENERAL MOOD HERE IS ONE OF LONELINESS AND DESPERATION, ELOQUENTLY EXPRESSED THROUGH BOTH THE LYRICS AND THE RHYTHMIC, SPRAWLING INSTRUMENTATION. MODEST MOUSE MADE THEIR FIRST SIGNIFICANT MARK WITH SONGS WHOSE MEANINGS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNIVERSAL AND PAINFULLY PERSONAL."
Label: Glacial Pace – GPLP-007
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Reissue, 180 Gram
Country: USA, Canada & UK
Released: 28 Oct 2014
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
Tracklist
A1 Dramamine 5:42
A2 Breakthrough 4:06
A3 Custom Concern 4:28
A4 Might 1:31
A5 Lounge 6:33
B1 Beach Side Property 6:59
B2 She Ionizes & Atomizes 4:21
B3 Head South 4:22
B4 Dog Paddle 2:02
B5 Novocain Stain 3:42
C1 Tundra / Desert 5:24
C2 Ohio 6:01
C3 Exit Does Not Exist 4:57
C4 Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset 5:50
D1 Make Everyone Happy / Mechanical Birds 6:04
D2 Space Travel Is Boring 1:53
D3 Edit The Sad Parts 7:03
D4 A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy 4:44