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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

[tags]Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock, We were dead before the ship even sank, Johnny Marr, Float On[/tags]