i was afraid i'd be the only one to vote for "bad light"
but come on that ending
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Friday, 29 July 2011 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
No track got zero votes, good showing.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 29 July 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
Don't drag this out as much add I used to, but whenever I do, I wonder why I still spend money on other music.
― how's life, Friday, 5 April 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
Could say the same about Perfect from Now On.
― riverrun, past Steve and Adam's (ledge), Friday, 5 April 2013 10:58 (eleven years ago) link
Double OTM.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2013 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
i see they are touring this summer, going to try and catch their show.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 6 April 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wahwah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah, VRROOOOOOOMDUN der na ner - SCREEEEEECHDUN der na ner - SCREEEEEEEEEEEdwee, dwah dweedle-ah dweeeeeee....dwah dweedledwee dwah dwee dwah dwee dwah dwah dweedle
― underrated aerobies I have flung (how's life), Friday, 6 June 2014 11:44 (nine years ago) link
how's life otm
― j., Friday, 6 June 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
missed this poll, obviously. one of my fave albums ever. would've voted else.
KILAS > PFNO but both are essentially perfect. for me, it's just that I prefer 5 minute songs to 8 minute songs.
― alpine static, Friday, 6 June 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
and you're so occupied with what other persons are occupied with and vice versa
― calstars, Sunday, 7 December 2014 03:02 (nine years ago) link
a fraction
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 December 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link
you guys haven't heard the new MIGUEL
― if i had a million middle fingers (rip van wanko), Sunday, 7 December 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
I voted for Else. Probably my fave BtS song ever.― alpine static, Monday, July 25, 2011 3:21 PM (3 years ago)missed this poll, obviously. one of my fave albums ever. would've voted else.― alpine static, Friday, June 6, 2014 9:04 AM (6 months ago)
― alpine static, Monday, July 25, 2011 3:21 PM (3 years ago)
― alpine static, Friday, June 6, 2014 9:04 AM (6 months ago)
lol
― alpine static, Sunday, 7 December 2014 06:56 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Dave Depper (Davey D), Saturday, 14 February 2015 07:21 (nine years ago) link
i was a huge modest mouse fan when i was a young teenager and i'm really bummed i didn't hear this album until i was 22. when i was younger i got Perfect from Now On and couldn't get into it.
anyway i was at someone's apartment in ohio and they were playing this record and i was completely blown away, immediately wanted to hear 'Center of the Universe' over and over, all that.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 June 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
This album is great. Way back when a band I was in was playing Portland (I think), and we were talking to this girl about this album when she revealed she was the one on the cover!
She did not have wings, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 June 2017 12:53 (six years ago) link
ha that's awesome!
not sure whether to post this in here or "unusual details in wikipedia articles," because this isn't necessarily an unusual detail it's just weird:
Many of the songs on the album originated from a week's worth of band jam sessions in Boise. During these marathon jam sessions, which could last up to five hours at a time, Martsch used a foot pedal that triggered a tape machine to begin recording.
..... marathon?
― flappy bird, Friday, 16 June 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
Carry the zero was the one for me...way into those maj7 chords
― calstars, Saturday, 17 June 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
their best record. :-)
― Ludo, Sunday, 18 June 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
Center of the Universe is just ridiculous. 4 killer hooks, each better than the last. The melodies on this album are like nursery rhymes, especially COTU.
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 June 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
all the hooks on this album are really short and simple and each song has like 4 or 5 or 6
calstars otm about carry the zero, the outro is spectacular
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 01:08 (six years ago) link
when the drums sync with the guitar lead it's : )
― calstars, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
this one is their best, but only by a little bit over Perfect From Now On
two paragons of "indie rock," and one of the best back-to-back album pairs in recent memory
― alpine static, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 01:55 (six years ago) link
^
To this day just hearing the opening bit of velvet waltz sends me down an embarrassing spiral of nostalgic teary eyes
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 01:58 (six years ago) link
def one of my only favorite high school songs that I'm not worn out on yet
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 02:06 (six years ago) link
Time Trap has an amazing intro, great verses, but the chorus is weak and the outro is really a letdown. Feel like if he spent a couple more days on that, it would be the best song on here.
The results here are pretty spot on, no complaints.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 03:58 (six years ago) link
i do love borken chairs, especially when the whistling comes in about halfway through the jam--you always expect it to come back, but alas, it never does
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 04:07 (six years ago) link
Aw man, I was about to come on here to say that I love the chorus of time trap! Agreed on the outro through - it feels like one of the few unpolished parts on the whole album. All is forgotten and forgiven when it quickly transitions into Else, though.
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― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 04:09 (six years ago) link
But you could never know that... (Good)In a time trap... (Okay)In a tiiiime trap. <-- I don't like this whiny part, he could say and do more with the set up. Seems like Doug just gave up on it.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
the chorus of time trap is the best hook! another hook that sounds like a nursery rhyme
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 04:15 (six years ago) link
the intro to time trap is the best part, the rest of the song doesn't hold up as well
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 04:19 (six years ago) link
yeah it's like a cut n shunt. guitar parts expertly layer on top of one another and then suddenly woah where'd it all go?
i'm not sure how desirable nursery rhyme hooks are unless you think 'nan nanny boo boo' is the peak of songwriting. but i will have to refrain from further comment as i haven't loaded my music onto my new phone and this & perfect are their only two albums not on spotify.
― The XX pants (ledge), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 08:06 (six years ago) link
Good news - they're on Spotify! I listened to them last night.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
i was a huge modest mouse fan when i was a young teenager and i'm really bummed i didn't hear this album until i was 22.
i had a similar experience with this record, also trail of dead/sonic youth. is there a thread for "bands who directly influenced the bands you love that you didn't hear until much later?"
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
I can think of very few albums that feature so many fleeting but huge hooks and anthemic bits I love so much, let alone in service of great songs. An indie-rock (as genre) apex.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
Good news - they're on Spotify! I listened to them last night.not in my locale!
― The XX pants (ledge), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
the nursery rhyme thing reminds me of Nevermind. the hooks are all ear candy. they're simple and supercharged.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
I'm glad this thread popped to life again, because it flashed me back to the last time I saw the band, September 2001. They played several songs from "Perfect from Now On," but a whopping *one* from "Keep It Like a Secret," yet found space to play some Halo Benders and a Caustic Resin track, plus three epic classic rock covers: Cheap Trick's "Dream Police," George Harrison's "What is Life" (he died the next month or so, iirc) and yes, "Freebird" - all in their elaborate entirety.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 July 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
Ancient Melodies Of the Future destroyed this band. All momentum vanished.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
The 'plays perfect from now on in its entirety' show I saw several years ago hung together wonderfully
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
I disagree. That album had a number of highlights and There Is No Enemy was a very good album - they've just never quite reached their mid-period peak again.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
I haven't listened to ancient melodies in a very long time but it was one of most anticipated albums and I remember being very disappointed. I thought that the even the worst songs of perfect and secret were better then the best songs off of ancient melodies. But it's been a long time.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:21 (six years ago) link
When it first came out, Ancient Melodies turned me off of the band for a while. But revisiting it a few years later I wound up really loving it. Untethered Moon is really the only one I don't rate.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:35 (six years ago) link
this album is just ridiculously great
every time i put it on i can't believe i didn't find it earlier, especially when i was a young teenager & super into modest mouse
i mean, fuck. "Else"
god
music is magic
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:11 (six years ago) link
you've become what you thought was dumb -- a fraction of the sum -- the middle and the funnow it's coming back -- hasn't it come too far?i was trying to help -- but i guess i pushed too hard?now we can't even touch it -- afraid it'll fall apart?
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
Flawless album.
― Evan R, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
turn your back on their hating
\m/
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 1 December 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
Your body breaksYour needs consume you foreverAnd with this liesthe need to be here together
― flappy bird, Friday, 1 December 2017 03:19 (six years ago) link
this is the best guitar album on earth
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 1 December 2017 04:13 (six years ago) link