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Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
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Lo confieso, para mi Modest Mouse empezó a existir por “Float On”, este single fue algo muy especial en esa época y el álbum estuvo constantemente en rotación dentro de mi repertorio. Sin embargo pude escuchar su discografía y me sentí identificado con la sensación de los “diehard fans” en decir que su cambio de sonido demostraba que se habían vendido, comercializado, etc. Yo sólo me impresionaba al ver como alguien pudo en el pasado hacer canciones como Tundra/Desert o Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset, pero ser reconocido por “Good News…”, no es su culpa tener una canción como “Float On” que guste a las masas y que en realidad sea buena.
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank contiene cierta dualidad en el sentido de querer sonar accesible a todo el público sin necesidad de apartarse de su sonido rústico de inicios.
A pesar que el primer single del álbum “Dashboard” levantó preocupación por la fanaticada pre-Good News… por su “pegajoso” y Franz Ferdinand-esco estilo, el comienzo del disco con March Into The Sea, demuestra que Isaac Brock mantiene su identidad con esos gritos psicóticos incorporados en casi todo el track y así lo demuestra también en cortes como Fly Trapped In a Jar, y una Spitting Vemon de 8 min.
Dashboard:
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No se si la incorporación del guitarrista de The Smiths Johnny Marr, haya influido en el sonido de este nuevo disco, es verdad que es más pulido, sin embargo es el que mantienen desde el álbum anterior.
Dejen de preocuparse y disfruten el álbum en el momento en que es concebido y si consideran que MM anda en caída, eso lo podrían haber visto 3 discos atrás, en lo particular he disfrutado este nuevo sonido como el de sus comienzos, y nunca está de más incorporar ciertas canciones pop y considero We Were Dead.. como un buen equilibrio.
En fin, We were dead before the ship even Sank, no es el mejor álbum de su carrera, no tendrá ningún Float On o Trailer Trash o Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset… pero ha crecido en cada escucha que le he dado, dejando claro que es la respuesta que muchos podrían haber esperado de una banda que pasa por uno de sus mejores momentos de su carrera en el que deben responder ante querer abrirse a más personas sin perder su identidad, en lo que a mi respecta lo lograron, en general mantienen su sonido independientemente que sean más radio friendly. Y de seguro este es uno de los discos que traerá reacciones tan diversas entre los que lo escuchen.
PD: No duden que We’ve Got Everything sea el próximo single.
Recomendadas:
Radio Friendly:
Dashboard
We’ve got everything.
Florida
Not Radio Friendly:
March Into The Sea
Fly Trapped In A Jar
Parting Of The Sensory
Missed the Boat
People As Places As People
English:
I have to confess, I discovered Modest Mouse thanks to “Float On”, this single was so special in that moment and the album was constantly in rotation in my ipod. Nonetheless, I could listen all the discography (except for the ep’s) and also I thought the band sell itself, just like the “diehard fans” felt. How could a band make songs like Tundra/Desert or Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset and be recognized for the “Good News…” album?, it’s not their fault to have a single such as “Float On” that everybody likes and in fact, it’s a pretty good one.
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank has a duality; in this album the band tries to be accessible to a wider public without leaving its rustic sounds from its beginnings.
The first single “Dashboard” made a lot of fans to be worried with that catchy and Franz Ferdinand-esque style but finally we could notice that Isaac Brock maintains his identity with all his psycho screams and laughs incorporated in “March Into The Sea” and others tracks like Fly trapped In a Jar and the 8 minutes Spitting Venom.
Dashboard:
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Now that The Smith’s Johnny Marr is a member of the band, I don’t think he has made a strong influence in the sound of the album, because it keeps the same style of the last one, but more polished.
Stop worrying and enjoy the album in the moment is been conceived, if you say MM is in a downward spiral, please!!!, that is a thought that has been around since their last 3 albums, I have enjoyed this new sound and the old one, and is not a bad thing to incorporate some popish songs, I think this record is a good equilibrium.
Anyway, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is not the best album of their career, it doesn’t have a Float On or a Trailer Trash not even a “Talking Shit about a pretty sunset” but this album has grown on me with every listen, and something that they made clear is that this work is the answer everybody expects of a band in its best moment, they have to decide to be accessible to a wider public without losing their identity, IMHO, they achieved that goal.
PS: For sure, We’ve got Everything will be the next single, no doubt about that.
Recommended:
Radio Friendly:
Dashboard
We’ve got everything.
Florida
Not Radio Friendly:
March Into The Sea
Fly Trapped In A Jar
Parting Of The Sensory
Missed the Boat
People As Places As People
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Yiyo Update
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Que ha pasado en este descanso…..
Música:
Chequeen de vez en cuando el podcast de AOL llamado The Interface¡, entrevistan a una banda y hacen un performance en vivo de generalmente 3 canciones, está Cat Power, Editors, Noel Gallagher, Eagles of Death Metal entre otros, he aquí las recientes que he escuchado:
Hold Steady en AOL’s The Interface
The Decemberists en AOL’s The Inteface
No pude digerir el disco de Scott Walker – The Drift, sorry, hice el intento… pero non mi piace.
Cat Power colabora en lo nuevo de Faithless
Lo nuevo de Modest Mouse, con la canción “Dashboard”….mmm, me suena a Franz Ferdinand – Via: My Old Kentucky Blog.
Lo Nuevo de Damon Albarn, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, con la canción “History Song“ – Via: I Rock Cleveland.
Lo Nuevo de Bright Eyes, del álbum Casaadaga, la canción “Endless Entertainment “. – Via: Stereogum
Girl Talk – Night Ripper: Este disco llegó a mi luego de ciertos reviews…. no le doy un post completo porque no es mi estilo este tipo de música, solo me parece curioso… Es el DJ puki, puki, extremo, entre puros yo yo yo yeah give it to me, do it, do it, … con smashes y sampleos de canciones de Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, The Verve, MIA, Mariah, Gwen Stefani, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Eminem, Daft Punk Paula Abdul, Kid Rock y hasta NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, en fin esto es la hora loca gringa de las frat parties. 40 min para escucharlo non stop en parties, pero que curiosamente recibió muy buenas críticas el año pasado… no se por qué razón todavía permanece como si nada en mi compu…. Ah claro para adivinar las canciones que samplea…..
Películas:
Aprovechando la época pre-Oscar, han salido por ahí varios screeners (no me vengan con la doble moral, estas son las copias de evaluación, for your consideration, para las nominaciones, salen de la industria). Son de buena calidad (claro, nada como el cine obviamente), por lo que he tenido el gusto de ver: Little Children y Rocky Balboa, en cola Bobby, Flag of Our Fathers y Pan’s Laberynth.
Y el gran rumor… Johnny Depp en el papel de Freddie Mercury?????
Slds
Yiyo
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English:
What has happened in my absence.
Music:
Please check AOL’s The Interface Podcast, they made interviews of band and they make live performances, there are podcast of Cat Power, Editors, Noel Gallagher, Eagles of Death Metal among others, the latest I heard are:
Hold Steady @ AOL’s The Interface
The Decemberists @ AOL’s The Inteface
I couldn’t understand Scott Walker’s The Drift, sorry, I traed, but that album non mi piace
Cat Power collaborating in the new Faithless’ song.
The last single of Modest Mouse: “Dashboard”….mmm, it sounds like Franz Ferdinand – Source: My Old Kentucky Blog.
The new single of Damon Albarn’s The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: “History Song“ – Source: I Rock Cleveland.
From the upcoming Bright Eyes’ album Casaadaga, here’s the song “Endless Entertainment “. – Source: Stereogum
Girl Talk – Night Ripper: This record came to by accident…. I don’t give it a complete post because this is not the kina of music I listen to… it was a curiosity… This record is the classic DJ full of smashes and simples of songs from Oasis, The Verve, MIA, Mariah, Gwen Stefani, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Eminem, Daft Punk Paula Abdul, Kid Rock and NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL. Anyway, 40 minutes of electronic non stop music for your parties, curiously this album received great reviews last year… I don’t why I keep it in my computer…. Of course, guess all the songs.
Movies:
This is Movie Awards season, there’re several “torrent” screeners (for your consideration). Good quality, obviously isn’t compare to the movies. Anyway, I had the chance to watch: Little Children, Pan’s Laberynth and Rocky Balboa, on hold….. Bobby and Flag of Our Fathers.
The big rumour… Johnny Depp as Freddie Mercury?????
Cheers
Yiyo
