Bedgypooks 8

I just got done my first listen and I figured I'd review this now since I'd already listened to a third of the album a lot before release. I I just got done my first listen and I figured I'd review this now since I'd already listened to a third of the album a lot before release. I wish I hadn't listened to all the songs released on their vevo because it kind of ruined the album for me, but here's what I think.



The title track and ending track are near perfect for a modest mouse album, just plain beautiful start and finish. "Lampshades on fire" is their accessible hit, as well as "Ground Walks", and they're both equally great. Ground walks has such a Talking Heads vibe to it and is one of my new favourite songs from this band that continues to change it up and amaze me. "The Best Room" is another Single that sounds similar to the two previously mentioned, it's still a nice song but it doesn't push past anything for me. **** in your Cut" sounds Deep Purple or Black Sabbath influenced, with a little ironic sound to it. It really works and the chorus is just great. "Ansel" is nice and has a Caribbean vibe to it, reminds me of Cabron by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in the way the instruments are played, but the lyrics are far deeper. All of the lyrics are literally and figuratively beautiful and thought-provoking, like all of their previous albums. "Coyotes" is okay. "Pups to dust" is a fun little song, reminds me something Ugly Casanova would have done, but the guitar goes back to the Moon and Antarctica. "Be Brave" doesn't really sound like something Modest Mouse would do, but I really like it. I can't really put my foot on what it reminds me of, but maybe Arcade Fire or Black Keys, It feels close to heart though. I mean the vocals obviously sound like Isaac, but it just doesn't sound like MM. "The Tortoise and the Tourist" is a nice track, again grabbing back to The Moon and Antarctica's guitar sound, with the chorus sounding really personal and the bass sounds really low.



Now let's get to the bad. "Pistol" is one of the most annoying things to find on this album, it's like a bad dance track that Paris Hilton or Kesha would sing, I don't know what the **** Isaac was thinking, if he was listening to some LCD Soundsystem and figured he would go for a similar sound, but the demonic voice and beats just don't work for this album. "Sugar Boats" and "God is an Indian and you're an **** both suffer from sounding like they belong on another album, sure they would have been fine as a B-side to King Rat and "God is an Indian" could be an interlude on Good News for People who Love Bad News.



I'll rate it an 8. If they took out those sound I didn't like, especially Pistol, It would have been a 10. I would rather a 40 minute album that flowed than having those few extra songs. … Expand