The institution that is Modest Mouse has released another song from its forthcoming new album in the form of the quiet gut-punch ‘Third Side of the Moon‘. The track has been a highlight of the band’s live show since it was first introduced two years ago. Frontman Isaac Brock’s vivid lyrical style is the anchor, its poignant minimalism centring on the oversight of small details: “I can’t remember if your eyes were green or brown or red / ‘cause you always spoke in a whisper and I ain’t so good at listening.”
‘Third Side of the Moon’ will appear on An Eraser And A Maze, the band’s first new album in five years and debut on Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group. It will be released on June 5th and was produced by Brock with additional production by Jacknife Lee (REM, U2), Suzy Shinn (Weezer), and Justin Raisen (Charli xcx, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty). Previous single ‘Picking Dragons’ Pockets’ has been the most added on Mediabase’s Alternative chart for two consecutive weeks in the US.
An Eraser And A Maze is available for pre-save and pre-order now. The album will be released on CD and two LPs, with exclusive vinyl variants available from the band’s web site HERE and select retailers HERE.
There’s a theory in physics — the idea that past, present, and future all exist simultaneously, and that the passage of time itself is an illusion. It’s also the best way to understand An Eraser And A Maze, because you can hear every era of Modest Mouse coexisting at once on it. It might mark the end of a timeline. Or the start of one. Or maybe both at once.
Modest Mouse is also celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of its debut studio album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing To Talk About. It remains one of the most critically respected bands of the modern era and one that never really fit anywhere – which is precisely why it has mattered so much.
Modest Mouse – Picking Dragons’ Pockets
Single out now, An Eraser And A Maze out Friday 5 June via Glacial Pace Recordings / Virgin Music Group
https://modest-mouse.lnk.to/PickingDragonsPockets
