I don’t want to go as far to say that Modest Mouse’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (their last LP) sucks, but I will, it kinda sucks. Maybe I didn’t give the album enough listens, but it just didn’t wet my whistle. I miss the good ole’ days of The Moon & Antarctica, The Lonesome Crowded West, and of course Good News For People Who Love Bad News. Well guess what? I think even they know they fell off after Good News, and so last year they released an EP called No One’s First, And You’re Next, a compilation of rarities and b-sides recorded during the Good News and We Were Dead years. Overall the EP is OK with one kick ass track - “Guilty Cocker Spaniels.” This song could have easily made the ridiculously long track list from Good News, but fortunately for us living in the future, it didn’t.
The song essentially consists of two parts – “easy going” Modest Mouse and rockin’ Modest Mouse. It starts off with that classic Modest Mouse sound of frontman Issac Brock rambling on about God knows what (but we love his rambling!) over high pitched guitar strumming and stuttered snare and high hat. You go along for the ride for about 2 minutes before you hit pay dirt when exploding guitar distortion and crashing cymbals signal the entrance of the second half of “Guilty.” You really can’t help but bust out a little head banging and some air guitar – it’s ok, no one can see you, let loose.
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