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The third single is "Little Motel". The video was shown on the official Modest Mouse YouTube channel on October 11, 2007. "People as Places as People" was the final single released from the album. The music video featured a woman bringing her husband, a humanoid tree, to visit her parents.
Modest Mouse released their next album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, on March 20, 2007 [14] after its original release date of December 19, 2006 was delayed. The album also included bonus track and single " King Rat ", which actor Heath Ledger had known about before the track was released; the band was formally introduced to the ...
On March 16, 2015, the day before the album's official release date, Strangers to Ourselves was made available for download on Amazon.com (free for Prime) and the iTunes Store. It is the band's first studio album since We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank , released in 2007, marking the longest gap between studio albums in their career.
Members of Modest Mouse's e-mail list were sent a link of the finished track on January 3, 2007 and the song was released to American radio stations on January 16. [4] The lyric, "The dashboard melted but we still have the radio" references Planes, Trains and Automobiles when Del ( John Candy ) is telling the police officer about the car after ...
Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork remarked that Modest Mouse show influence from Pixies and Jane's Addiction. [4] with certain elements on the album also drawing comparisons to Built to Spill [3] and Pink Floyd. [3] Lyrically, many of the album's tracks focus on traveling by automobile and the loneliness associated with rural life. [citation needed]
"Float On" is a song by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on March 8, 2004, as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004). The song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2005.
"Missed the Boat" is a song by American indie rock band Modest Mouse and is the sixth track on their 2007 album, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. The song was released as the second single from that album and peaked at #24 in Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. [1] James Mercer of The Shins sings backup vocals on "Missed the Boat". [2]
Follow-up single "Ocean Breathes Salty" was a modest success, reaching No. 6 on Alternative Songs; both singles have since been certified gold by the RIAA. March 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank was the only Modest Mouse album to feature former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr as a member of the band. The album peaked at No. 1 in the ...