Modest Mouse - The Golden Casket [2LP]

Double vinyl LP pressing. The Golden Casket heralds another new chapter in the band's unpredictable evolution. Produced with Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee in Los Angeles and in Modest Mouse's studio in Portland, the album hovers in the liminal space between raw punk power and experimental studio science, frontman Isaac Brock explores themes ranging from the degradation of our psychic landscapes and invisible technology, to fatherhood. The twelve tracks behave like amorphous organisms, undergoing dramatic mutations and mood swings that speak to the chronic tug-of-war between hope and despair that plays out in Brock's head. 1 F*** Your Acid Trip2 We Are Between3 We're Lucky4 Walking and Running5 Wooden Soldiers6 Transmitting Receiving7 The Sun Hasn't Left8 Lace Your Shoes9 Never F*** a Spider on the Fly10 Leave a Light on11 Japanese Tree12 Back to the Middle