Video: Modest Mouse and Johnny Marr: New Song
Modest Mouse's mainstream success was weird for about two months before everyone just accepted the ubiquity of "Float On" and got used to it, but seeing these videos of "The World at Large", "Dramamine", and "Float On" played live at a couple of the band's recent West Coast shows reminds us that Isaac Brock and co. are still pretty weird. All of their snaking guitar lines and deranged vocals remain intact, so much so that new member/ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is barely noticeable at first. He's even got the outfit down. But make no mistake, that's Marr on the far left, playing guitar and adding occasional vocals to all of those songs, as well as this new song--exploring the softer side of the band--which they played at their show at L.A.'s Avalon on November 5. The 2007 release of We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is now even more exciting.
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