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Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 Audio CD

A fair review of the Modest Mouse "Interstate 8" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Modest Mouse reviews here, or go back to the Modest Mouse tabs.

Modest Mouse Band: Modest Mouse
Title: Interstate 8
Rating:
Release Date: 1996-08-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Interstate 8 2: All Night Diner 3: Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night) 4: Tundra/Desert 5: Edit the Sad Parts 6: Beach Side Property 7: Buttons to Push the Buttons 8: Novocain Stain 9: Broke 10: Whenever I Breathe Out/Positive Negative 11: Edit the Sad Parts

Get this now!
I finally saw it and accidentally ordered two in my excitement. Amazing, i've been looking for this album for about 8 years.

Edit the Sad Parts is probably the most amazing Modest Mouse song, and there are two versions on this album.

Released before Building Nothing Out of Something this album contains a few songs they put on that album after due to low sales. This album has not been reproduced since 1997. . .

Good Luck, and get it if you're a MM fan at all.


Wow!
Geesh. I just pulled this album out to out on my computer and was searching for images and saw how much this is selling for. I will burn it for you if ya want it that bad. Share the love.


A fool and his money are soon parted
If you are a die-hard Modest Mouse fan, you most likely own the "Building Nothing Out of Something" compilation of rare tracks. If you're even considering buying this EP, you are most likely a die-hard Modest Mouse fan.

All but one of the four once unreleased studio tracks on this EP are included on "Building Nothing Out of Something". The remaining studio track, "Edit the Sad Parts", is decent, but nothing to get excited over. The same can be said of "Buttons to Push The Buttons", the only other Modest Mouse song that can only be found here. . . though the sound quality is worse.

There you have it. Assuming you own that complation (which you can get very cheaply and easily anywhere online), you would be an idiot to spend anywhere between $70 and $100 for this EP, which are the asking prices here.

Think of all the other music you could buy with that ammount of money.


"... sometimes I'm angry that I feel so angry..."


"Interstate 8" is all the tracks that The Mouse could not fit onto "This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About. What can you say? "Edit The Sad Parts" may be the best thing this band ever wrote. " They even reprise the album version of "Tundra/Desert": a deserved fan favorite: grimy, wailing disco rock as infectious as The Black Plague. . .

Oh, and to all those who jumped on the bandwagon with "Moon & Antarctica" or "Good News For People. . . " don't ever cap this band's lo-fi sound. It's what gave them their backing in the first place. "Man, the production's terrible. " No, it's just cost effective. And all of us REAL FANS of this group realize that "This Is A Long Drive. . . " "The Lonesome Crowded West" and this EP are what really makes up this band. This band's SOUL is in these specific choices.

Not that their later stuff is bad, in fact I enjoy it. It's just that Epic made the Mouse shave his five o' clock shadow. All that beard stubble and imperfect perfection can be found on "Interstate 8. " The title track is one of THE QUINTESSENTIAL summer songs, so now's a good time to start spinning it: lounging on the beach, driving that long two-lane, or trying to calm down and catch your breath with your lover just minutes before dawn's early light. . .

Watch out for the 5 demos that conclude the disc. "Buttons To Push The Buttons" (track 7) is a personal favorite of mine, Isaac bending his damn whammy-bar to the point of snapping, and Eric Judy's walking bass line that makes you wanna look sideways at someone and say, "I'm cool just for listening to this. "

I had no idea this thing was so scarce and worth so much. I might contemplate auctioning it once the demand rises a little bit more. Ah, who am I kidding, this EP is a big piece of my college past. You can put a price on Polaroids, but you can't assign monetary worth to your memories. For me, this disc is better than a time-machine.

Oh, and if you're wondering if buying this rarity is worth the $80 price tag. . . ? *nod head very slowly*.


icing on the cake
all of the greatest hits on one record. the best. very instrumental and very delightful. the guitar riffs make me wanna space out for hours and his i love it. i love this CD. i want to hear more and more modest mouse constantly. we need more com cds tho.


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