The issue with having a signature sound is that it’s hard to make it sound, well, different. However it seems Modest Mouse may just have a few aces up there sleeve when it comes to combating such concerns. Simply add an extra drummer, a wooden magical music box, oh, and if you can’t find Johnny Marr, just employ Grandaddy’s Jim Fairchild. But most importantly, whatever you do, DO NOT play the single that made you famous and is probably the reason that 95% of the Metropolis audience paid for the show. Isaac Brock, how very modest of you. (more…)
