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Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Epic

Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank is one of the most anticipated releases of 2007. Their last album, 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News, yielded a radio hit, VH-1 support and even a Kidz Bop tribute, but upon first listen, their follow-up gives the impression the members of Modest Mouse are chafing at their newfound success in a typically indie fashion.

With the ante upped by addition of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, their fifth album is denser and more layered than its predecessors, the tunes, on the surface, deceptively elusive. But digging deeper, the band hasn't lost any of their pop sensibility, obvious on stellar tracks such as "Missed the Boat", "Education" and "Little Motel". Here, challenging rock and quirky, buoyant pop are given equal time. Could there be another "Float On" in the mix? With the gorgeous vocals of "Florida", contributed by guest James Mercer (The Shins), inevitable comparisons are rendered irrelevant.

The Swollen Fox is celebrating its 3-year anniversary at PhilaMOCA on 7/11

The Swollen Fox has announced a special 3-year anniversary concert at PhilaMOCA on July 11th with TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb, Swift...Read More

Watch Tin Bird Choir perform WXPN’s lunchtime buskers’ series at The Porch at 30th Street...

The Chester County-based folk group Tin Bird Choir performed in a stripped down two-piece configuration for this weeks’...Read More

Contest: Win a pair of tickets to see Patty Griffin at The Kimmel Center on June 6th

Grammy-winning and critically revered American folk performer Patty Griffin makes a Philadelphia appearance next month, headlining...Read More

Listen to Grande Marshall’s Daytrotter session

This tasty new set tripped down the Daytrotter wire today; backed by a DJ and a handy cache of moody, evocative beats, up-and-coming...Read More

Listen to a new Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros song, “Better Days” (playing XPoNential Music Festival in...

Photo by Joseph Schell Photography https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joseph-Schell-Photography/106691849363906 Edward Sharpe and the...Read More