Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. This album was released in 1997 and was the band's first for US label MATADOR. And talk about original, the band has something for just about everyone! They can do quiet, brooding acoustics, dark and pounding thrashers, funky jump-around emo, just about anything. The opening track, "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine," explodes out of your speakers with sharp, see-sawing guitars and shouted vocals, an irresistible melange of angular rhythms andmighty, powerful dynamics. The rest of the songs are similarly pulled along by some unseen force, driven by an energy found in classic post-punk bands like Thinking Fellers Union, Local 282 or Drunken Boat.

1) Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
2) Heart Cooks Brain
3) Convenient Parking
4) Lounge (Closing Time)
5) Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
6) Doin' the Cockroach
7) Cowboy Dan
8) Trailer Trash
9) Out of Gas
10) Long Distance Drunk
11) Shit Luck
12) Truckers Atlas
13) Polar Opposites
14) Bankrupt on Selling
15) Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice on Ice Alright