You might know Modest Mouse from the two years of your life where you obsessively tracked down each and every one of their releases (me) or from hearing "Float On" the radio a bunch in the summer of 2004 (most reasonable people). Either way, you might be interested to hear that they've got a new single out called "Autumn Beds." This limited-edition 7" will be released this Saturday, and there will only be 4,000 of them.
"Autumn Beds" doesn't really sound like like the stuff that made people like me die-hard fans (check out The Lonesome, Crowded West (1996) for that), or even the stuff that put them on Top 40 radio. It's a pretty subdued number, considering the seven-member band they are now. Mostly relying on guitar, banjo, and a repeated mantra about "sleeping in our autumn beds" (always waxing philisophical about death, aren't you, Isaac?), the song is nice enough, and ends before wearing out it's welcome.
Sounds good for now, but hopefully they get some teeth back for their next full-length.
Link: Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
Now listening to: New Order - Brotherhood (1986)
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