Every day these days it seems. I wake up, look at my to do list. And there seems to be a Modest Mouse album for me to listen to and attempt to document my impressions of. I realise I'm actually not obliged in any respect. I could stop writing this blog any day I pleased and the world would keep turning but I've clearly formed a habit I'm unwilling to break. And I'm game for a challenge anyhow. So, The Moon & Antarctica.
The record came out in 2000, was the band's third and is 58 minutes long which dates it. The band and record company may have had CDs in mind rather than vinyl which we've since returned to like resurgent knights to the round table. Films seem to be getting longer nowadays.Albums shorter. This is's a hokey, mishappen and occasionally poigant record. But I find its poignancy slightly offputting.It's not really written with my needs in mind.
The Moon & Antarctica. sets out its stall as Modest Mouse continued. By drawing the listeners attention to the bands angularity and reluctance to conform or be put in a box. This is not unprecedented. That's what The Rolling Stones did. What Nirvana did. But here the drive is inward rather than outward and frankly awkward.
There aren't conventional verses and choruses. There is rather a lot of self pity I'd say and not enough melody for my liking. Confusion it seems is the modern affliction and you have to at least credit Modern Mouse for being ahead of the curve in that respect.
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