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6 / 10 There’ve been two distinct stages to Modest Mouse’s long, convoluted 16-year history. The first can be defined by their 1996 debut album ‘This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About’, which certified the Seattle-based outfit as the purveyors of disgruntled rock, backed by frontman Isaac Brock’s nihilistic snarl, shouts and all round anti-social attitude. This so enthralled and outraged his limited audience that he was often derided on internet forums as being a bit of a bell-end. Then there’s phase two, where Modest Mouse floated on into a different direction and saw fit to dull down their aggressive tendencies to become The OC-friendly manna for music misanthropes, with an added dose of Johnny Marr for good measure. It’s in this latter phase that we find Modest Mouse today; where Brock yelps and antagonises less and attempts to sing more, and where the guitars herald a sunshiny quirk heard on ‘Guilty Cocker Spaniel’ that’s overshadowed somewhat by the irritatingly depressing faux honky tonk of ‘Perpetual Motion Machine’. ‘The Whale Song’ may offer a solitary crumb for old skool Micers to nibble, but unfortunately this EP will not offer much else.

Ash Dosanjh

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