23-12-2009, 18:44
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
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First of two of theirs that I've bought after seeing them discussed on MD.
Solid Alt Rock. My initial thoughts were that this had a Mercury Rev feel to it (in retrospect, maybe not), and the next moment I read from the CD booklet that one track features the input of one Dave Fridmann - who used to play bass with MR, and now produces, particularly with Flaming Lips - along with Flaming Lips themselves.
It's a small world...
... but I wouldn't want to have to paint it !!
(© Stephen Wright)
![[Image: 21PEXK68D2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21PEXK68D2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
First of two of theirs that I've bought after seeing them discussed on MD.
Solid Alt Rock. My initial thoughts were that this had a Mercury Rev feel to it (in retrospect, maybe not), and the next moment I read from the CD booklet that one track features the input of one Dave Fridmann - who used to play bass with MR, and now produces, particularly with Flaming Lips - along with Flaming Lips themselves.
It's a small world...
... but I wouldn't want to have to paint it !!
(© Stephen Wright)