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Modest Mouse announced their first new album in five years, and their first album on Glacial Pace Recordings, the longtime imprint of lead singer Isaac Brock, after over two decades on Epic Records. An Eraser and a Maze will be released on June 5 and was produced by Brock with additional production by Jackknife Lee (U2, The Killers), Suzy Shinn (Weezer, panic at the disco), and Justin Raisin (Charli xcx, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty). An Eraser And A Maze is available for pre-save and pre-order now. The album will be released on CD and 2LPs, with exclusive vinyl variants available at www.modestmouse.com and select retailers.

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 began working on this collection of songs immediately following 2021’s The Golden Casket. With six songs that could have formed an EP, he considered releasing them as his side project, Ugly Casanova, but ultimately decided to feature the expanded collection on the band’s Glacial Pace Recordings.

As for the thematic glue that holds it all together, while Brock is no fan of overexplaining or over intellectualising a record, what he will allow: With 2021’s The Golden Casket, he was trying to manufacture post-pandemic silver linings. “For this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen. Even though every goddamn musician says that when they put out a record. I mean, go ahead and listen to the three-minute mark of any interview between a musician and Terry Gross …” 

“Thoughts, emotions, feelings, all that stuff … you’re like the soup, and it’s not always easy to pick out the ingredients. I don’t dwell on things much. I don’t grieve much. I’m not sure I’m a person. I feel like I should have more feelings than I do. But then, you know, I’ll sing stuff. And I’m like, Oh, there it is. Oh — it’s in there.”

Modest Mouse also shared the opening track. ‘Picking Dragon’s Pockets‘ is a bombastic kickoff to the album with an anthemic chorus that’ll have you singing loudly about navigating a manipulative, self-destructive world. The album kicks off bombastically with the opening track, ‘Picking Dragon’s Pockets’. Featuring an anthemic chorus, this song will inspire loud singing about navigating a self-destructive and manipulative world.

Previously released song ‘Look How Far…‘ finds Isaac Brock’s signature blunt and sardonic tone remains intact, especially in the stark lyric that questions human progress: “Look how far we’ve come / oh my god we’re so fucking dumb.” 

Picking Dragon’s Pockets
Remember Yourself
Life’s A Dream
Third Side Of The Moon
Dogbed in Heaven/Give It A Skeleton
Interlude
I Can’t Talk Right Now
Speak ‘N Spell (Or Not)
Rotten Fruit (feat. Justin Raisin)
Knocked Down By Waves
Absolutely Necessary Never
Song About Nothing
Stoner Party
Look How Far
Impossible Somedays

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Megan Thee Stallion announced her split with the Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson over the weekend, and the rapper appeared emotional onstage during the curtain call of Moulin Rouge! that same night. Now, she announced she’s withdrawing from the Broadway musical.

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Crystal Lake are a powerhouse of modern metalcore, hailing from Tokyo, Japan. Since their formation in 2002, they have evolved from a local hardcore act into an international juggernaut, known for their relentless energy, technical precision, and a sound that seamlessly bridges the gap between crushing heavy riffs and soaring, melodic atmospheres. In the 6 […]