Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) tippin THE FASTER BLADE 4

THE FASTER BLADE 4

mysterious textures of "Beauty and the Beast" set the tone for the rest of the album

so we remastered it to celebrate

But RED MEDICINE also shows a new-found eloquence

injecting one of the few bits of exuberant fun in this Christmas album

Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) tippin THE FASTER BLADE 4Though the album title sounds like it was borrowed from the avant weirdos Liars, WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVEN SANK finds quintessential indie rockers Modest Mouse charting a course down the stylistic middle. They retain enough of their trademark quirkiness to keep longtime fans from feeling alienated, but they simultaneously put popwise songcraft to the fore. The dance rock of "Dashboard" sounds like it could be a Killers outtake, and several