Modest Mouse unveil "Of Course We Know" + UK dates

Modest Mouse have shared another new song from their forthcoming album "Strangers to Ourselves". This one's called "Of Course We Know", and you can listen to it below, and check out the band's new tour dates.

This is the fifth song taken from their long awaited new album - which is out very soon!

Modest Mouse Live UK Dates
July

5th - Birmingham, England - The Institute
7th - Manchester, England - The Ritz
8th - Leeds, England - O2 Academy Leeds
9th - Newcastle, England - 02 Academy Newcastle
12th - Perth, Scotland - T in the Park

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Modest Mouse share new track "The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box"

This is the fourth track to be unveiled from the bands long awaited new album "Strangers To Ourselves" - it's one of FIFTEEN new tracks that'll featuring on their first LP in eight years, and the track itself is a long one, so get ready for it!

The track-list for the album is just below - as well as the new track.

Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
1 Strangers to Ourselves
2 Lampshades on Fire
3 Shit in Your Cut
4 Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)
5 Ansel
6 The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box
7 Coyotes
8 Pups to Dust
9 Sugar Boats
10 Wicked Campaign
11 Be Brave
12 God is an Indian and You’re an Asshole
13 The Tortoise and the Tourist
14 The Best Room
15 Of Course We Know

Modest Mouse unveils new track "The Best Room"

Modest Mouse are streaming another new cut from their new album "Strangers to Ourselves". "The Best Room" is the third song to be revealed from their first album in eight years.  The new song is totally in sync with Modest Mouse’s signature style, and giving you more of an insight into what the new LP will wound like. "The Best Room" and "Lampshades on Fire" seem to be the cornerstone of the LP!

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Modest Mouse unveil "Coyotes" video

Today the band is sharing a new track and its video with their fans. That track is "Coyotes", a song which saw its live début in May of last year, and has since been performed another 5 times according to sources.

Their new album "Strangers to Ourselves" will be released through Epic on March 3rd.

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Modest Mouse confirm first album in 8 years - "Strangers To Ourselves"

A few weeks ago Modest Mouse surprised a small group of fans by sending out a test pressing of a double-A side 7" of their new single, "Lampshades on Fire," along with a letter that confirmed their first album in eight years: 'Strangers to Ourselves' out March 2nd on Columbia Records. Today the band shared the album artwork for 'Strangers to Ourselves,' and released the "Lampshades on Fire".

You can now check out their album artwork below too.

 

Modest Mouse reveals new single "Lampshades on Fire"

"Lampshades on Fire" is Modest Mouse's brand new track that's off their forthcoming album "Strangers to Ourselves", out March 3rd, 2015 via Epic Records.

Listen to "Lampshades on Fire" at 97 the Current’s website.

Watch Modest Mouse perform Lampshades on Fire, lead single off upcoming Strangers to Ourselves

As we recently reported, Modest Mouse has confirmed the upcoming release of Strangers to Ourselves, their first full-length album since 2007.

Strangers is set to drop March 3. The lead single, Lampshades on Fire, will make its radio debut Monday, although it has been part of the band's setlist since performing at Sasquatch! Music Festival in 2011. You can watch that performance via YouTube below.

Following recent trends, Modest Mouse opted to forego announcing the album by traditional means. Instead, the info was sent to a few lucky fans along with a 45 rpm of Lampshades on Fire.

The note that was sent with the package read:

"We want you to have this limited test pressing of our new single 'Lampshades On Fire.' The song will be available for purchase tomorrow, Tuesday, December 16. 'Lampshades on Fire' is the first single from our new album Strangers to Ourselves, which will be released on Tuesday, March 3, 2015."

Not much else is known about Strangers except that both OutKast's Big Boi and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic were involved, though it's unclear whether those collaborations will make it on the record. Other new songs added to Modest Mouse's live repertoire include; "Ansel," "Shit In Your Cut," "Sugar Boats" and "Be Brave"

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Watch LIVE: KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, streaming available for 24 hours after the show

The 25th Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show is streaming LIVE right now. If you don't know what any of that actually means, the important fact is that Modest Mouse, Imagine Dragons, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins and No Doubt are all performing and you can watch them live via the KROQ livestream link.

Los Angeles is home to KROQ, an alternative rock radio station. Its annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show is something of a tradition. You can follow along with the KROQ live blog while you watch the show. Tonight's lineup is as follows: (All times are Pacific Standard)

5:30pm – Vance Joy
5:55pm – Alt-J
6:20pm – Interpol
6:50pm – Modest Mouse
7:25pm – Imagine Dragons
8:05pm – Tears For Fears
8:45pm – Weezer
9:25pm – Smashing Pumpkins
10:05pm – No Doubt

If you miss the livestream, the performance will be available to stream on the KROQ website for 24 hours after it ends. Merry Christmas y'all!

Label confirms Modest Mouse to drop new album in 2015

It's been seven years since Indie-rock pioneers Modest Mouse have released an album. But die-hard, "been-around-since-bwillen" MM aficionados (like myself) knew something was on the horizon.

Earlier this week, an image of an apparent new single called "Lampshades on Fire" was posted to Modest Mouse's instagram. To the excitement of Indie kids (and Indie thirty-somethings) everywhere, Epic Records confirmed in a statement to REVOLT, Modest Mouse will release their 6th studio album sometime before the end of next March. 

According to various sources, "Lampshades on Fire" will indeed be the album's debut single, and it is set to premiere this Monday (Dec 15). 

The last full-length album from Modest Mouse was 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Fans boasted it was a return to their original signature sound, which seemed to be lost with 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News. 

Although Grammy nominated for Best Alternative Album in 2005, the pop-radio friendliness of Good News became the catalyst that would separate fans into two very seperate and distinct categories. 

There were those long-time fans who saw frontman Isaac Brock's transition from the visceral songwriting and unapologetic lyrics of previous albums to the catchy, mass-appeal of Good News as the veritable end of Modest Mouse as we knew it... 

And then there were those for whom Good News was their introduction to Modest Mouse. Subsequently, most did not hold the same affinity for early tracks that they did for singles from Good News, such as Float On, which was Grammy nominated for Best Rock Song in 2005. 

Although We Were Dead may not have redeemed Brock to all hardcore MM fans, even the most stubborn Blue Cadet-3 traditionalists will be unable to deprive themselves of listening, at least once, to the highly-anticipated upcoming album. 

Whether or not you care for the direction Brock has taken Modest Mouse, or whether the evolution of his Bukowski-inspired writing style is a bane or benefit to the future of the band, there is no denying the importance of this new album. It may indeed mark the triumphant return, or the quiet end, of one of Indie-rocks most significant and influential bands.

As a bonus, I've included the infamous YouTube video for Modest Mouse's performance of "Dark Center of the Universe" at this years Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas. There's a pretty neat surprise if you look into the sky at about 2 minutes 52 seconds.