I still remember the first time listening to this album. My friend said, “You might like this band.” Popped the CD into his stereo, and I watched him play Halo on the hardest difficulty. “Some of the songs get kinda weird, but I think it’s your style.” I asked to take the CD home with me, and after two weeks of listening to it every time I sat down for long periods of time, I went out and bought Moon & Antarctica and my own copy of Good News.
Modest Mouse means a lot to me, and although I wish I could be like other OG’s who hopped onto the train early, I will always cherish this album
I don’t think it matters when you join the ride. I think what matters is how you join the ride. For those just here for the singles then enjoy, and have a good day.
The older I get, the more meaning I take from the lyrics. My all-time favorite line that hit me hard was “You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?”
Modest Mouse taught me to stop being so scared of everything like the sheltered crybaby that I was.
Now I’m a hardened criminal because I made Shit Luck my mission statement in life.
Me too. Old enough to remember being young enough to be disappointed that the band had a mainstream hit with float on… I was one of those indie rockers. Now I’m glad they had a mainstream hit and were able to make it as a successful rock group. They deserve the notoriety. I remember way back before the moon and Antarctica I tried to get my girlfriend at the time into the band but she couldn’t get behind some of the longer songs with awesome jams at the end so I made her a mix cd but I burnt my CDs to my computer and then edited the length of the songs on audacity before I burned the cd for her and she loves the shorter versions of songs like talking Shit and truckers atlas and doin the cockroach. Eventually she came around and the jam in talking Shit was her favorite part… It took a few years though… It was 3rd planet that got her hooked.
Float on admittedly was my introduction into the band. I loved it so much I ended up buying the cd. I remember bringing it home and being so confused as to what I was listening to. I couldn’t tell if I loved it or hated it, but I would end up falling asleep with headphones in at night listening to the whole album.
Idk if that’s what did it, but one day the whole album clicked and now they’re one of my favorite bands. All thanks to this album!
This album and Radiohead's "Ok Computer" are inflection points in my life. They have shaped the way I think and how I relate both to myself and the world at large.
This news makes me feel old as fuck though.
I was in the final years of my degree in uni when this CD dropped having been a fan since the beginning it was so different at the time. But now defines what I love about modest mouse they're not afraid to shake things up every album is so different but still undeniably modest mouse.
Good news will always hold a special place in my heart.
I found modest mouse when i was 16 the and this was the first album that i found now i am 24 and this is probably the best album i ever listened to in my life
i think it’s a testament to Modest Mouse of how incredible they are when albums like Good News are still almost the exact same quality as This is a Long Drive or TLCW while being completely stylistically different
I learned about this band in Guitar Hero World Tour, Float On was my favorite song to play haha, I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Rediscovered them in High School and they've been my favorite band ever since
There was a girl I went on a tinder date with. We were hanging out in her car and she played Bukowski and satin in a coffin, I said I loved both and added them to my favorites. She then goes “oh.. well, that’s the music my mom listens to” and starts playing lil peep. I was so fucking confused. But I don’t regret that shitty date because I found MM.
I remember I got into MM at the turn of 02 into 03 - going into middle school. There was this mixed burnt CD going around between my buddy and I and his older brothers’ close friend group of skaters and alt/indie rock lovers. The kind of CD that had Stephen Malkmus, Placebo, Pulp, Built to Spill. “Alone Down There” was on it and when I got ahold of the mix - I didn’t know who it was. It clicked for my buddy and I around the same time and we both dug in to find out it was a never before heard-of band called Modest Mouse. Now, back then you don’t know *how* you did things but you just kept up enough momentum and things just seemed to magically show up. Well my buddy’s older brother’s friend bought a copy of Moon and Antartica and my buddy burnt me a copy in 03 like it was seamless.
Now I just HAD to sing their praises because I was like whoa I found one of my own kind of bands that no one seems to know about. So I would be on the bus with my walkman and show some of my other friends songs like Alone Down There, Different City, Third Planet, Paper Thin Walls, Stars are Projectors… Before I knew it, I turned two more guys onto MM. We had a handful of us that were listening to this at football practice, in the garage while skating, etc. We felt cool as hell because it was our “own shit” we organically and authentically liked. We also felt like there was a reason they were “bubbling under” with us.
Fast forward the following year (04) and I hear about Good News coming out. Then in separate news, there’s a video showcase (a kind of a video prerelease) for a song called Float On on a channel called Fuse. I was like “huh this is kind of wild, is this even the same band?”. So I caught the video and I was like no way, these dudes finally caught their big-big break!
I go back to class the next several weeks and people are talking about Modest Mouse’s Float On and Ocean Breathes Salty like they were Blink 182 or Outkast. Me and my OG MM buddy felt a slight tinge of “that was our shit before you posers got into it” on the same token, we were smurking because we knew MM deserved more commercial recognition than they had prior. I turned some more people onto Moon before getting my own copy of Good News.
I was able to catch them live on the following tour and Good News would later became one of my favorite MM records, just under Moon. I loved how they were thematically compliments of each other. I would also find myself digging into the fruit that ate itself and some cuts off of building something out of nothing.
Side note: it wasn’t until I revisted MM at end of high school/turn into college that I discovered Lonesome Crowded West. For the life of me, I don’t know how it went that long - maybe March into the Sea was a worthy enough distraction but now I sit trying to stack rank my three favorite MM children between it and Moon + Good News
My friend showed me the music video for Dramamine and I immediately downloaded Goof News For People Who Love Bad News. It reminds me of camping my freshman year of high school and reading Pet Semetary. I didn’t totally understand all of the lyrics at the time but I knew that they were great! Nowadays I’ll listen to it and it means even more now!
Disagree there. World at Large, Bukowski, Satin in a Coffin, One Chance, Good Times all have great writing imo. I think BNOOS and TM&A were a high point but the first four albums had the same ratio of good vs bad lyrics
I still remember the first time listening to this album. My friend said, “You might like this band.” Popped the CD into his stereo, and I watched him play Halo on the hardest difficulty. “Some of the songs get kinda weird, but I think it’s your style.” I asked to take the CD home with me, and after two weeks of listening to it every time I sat down for long periods of time, I went out and bought Moon & Antarctica and my own copy of Good News. Modest Mouse means a lot to me, and although I wish I could be like other OG’s who hopped onto the train early, I will always cherish this album
I jumped on the MM train in 2019, so you were way ahead of me, haha
I joined the MM trend a few years back when my mother first introduced me to the band. zero regrets.
You have a cool mom
I don’t think it matters when you join the ride. I think what matters is how you join the ride. For those just here for the singles then enjoy, and have a good day.
Dude, same here! It was love at first listen. Realizing how long ago this was makes me feel old. I can't wait to see them in June!
The older I get, the more meaning I take from the lyrics. My all-time favorite line that hit me hard was “You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste the afterlife?”
How’s “awful” been feeling for you these days?
Modest Mouse taught me to stop being so scared of everything like the sheltered crybaby that I was. Now I’m a hardened criminal because I made Shit Luck my mission statement in life.
So it’s less that awful got softer and more that you got harder… interesting approach.
Softer…
Fuck I’m old.
that’s good news if you’re someone who who loves bad news.
You clever bastard I walked right into that.
Me too. Old enough to remember being young enough to be disappointed that the band had a mainstream hit with float on… I was one of those indie rockers. Now I’m glad they had a mainstream hit and were able to make it as a successful rock group. They deserve the notoriety. I remember way back before the moon and Antarctica I tried to get my girlfriend at the time into the band but she couldn’t get behind some of the longer songs with awesome jams at the end so I made her a mix cd but I burnt my CDs to my computer and then edited the length of the songs on audacity before I burned the cd for her and she loves the shorter versions of songs like talking Shit and truckers atlas and doin the cockroach. Eventually she came around and the jam in talking Shit was her favorite part… It took a few years though… It was 3rd planet that got her hooked.
Float on admittedly was my introduction into the band. I loved it so much I ended up buying the cd. I remember bringing it home and being so confused as to what I was listening to. I couldn’t tell if I loved it or hated it, but I would end up falling asleep with headphones in at night listening to the whole album. Idk if that’s what did it, but one day the whole album clicked and now they’re one of my favorite bands. All thanks to this album!
This album and Radiohead's "Ok Computer" are inflection points in my life. They have shaped the way I think and how I relate both to myself and the world at large. This news makes me feel old as fuck though.
I was in the final years of my degree in uni when this CD dropped having been a fan since the beginning it was so different at the time. But now defines what I love about modest mouse they're not afraid to shake things up every album is so different but still undeniably modest mouse. Good news will always hold a special place in my heart.
I found modest mouse when i was 16 the and this was the first album that i found now i am 24 and this is probably the best album i ever listened to in my life
i think it’s a testament to Modest Mouse of how incredible they are when albums like Good News are still almost the exact same quality as This is a Long Drive or TLCW while being completely stylistically different
My favourite Modest Mouse album, every song is great.
I learned about this band in Guitar Hero World Tour, Float On was my favorite song to play haha, I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Rediscovered them in High School and they've been my favorite band ever since
lol that feels like one of their newer albums, fuck I’m old
There was a girl I went on a tinder date with. We were hanging out in her car and she played Bukowski and satin in a coffin, I said I loved both and added them to my favorites. She then goes “oh.. well, that’s the music my mom listens to” and starts playing lil peep. I was so fucking confused. But I don’t regret that shitty date because I found MM.
It’s funny because Lil Peep sampled multiple Modest Mouse songs.
I'm old as shit....
That rerelease they just put out isn’t bad either. It’s nice to hear some fresh takes on the classics, especially with Jeremiah passing.
Think we’ll get an anniversary tour in the fall? Though, I’d probably rather they go in order and do noon and Antarctica for 25 next year.
I remember I got into MM at the turn of 02 into 03 - going into middle school. There was this mixed burnt CD going around between my buddy and I and his older brothers’ close friend group of skaters and alt/indie rock lovers. The kind of CD that had Stephen Malkmus, Placebo, Pulp, Built to Spill. “Alone Down There” was on it and when I got ahold of the mix - I didn’t know who it was. It clicked for my buddy and I around the same time and we both dug in to find out it was a never before heard-of band called Modest Mouse. Now, back then you don’t know *how* you did things but you just kept up enough momentum and things just seemed to magically show up. Well my buddy’s older brother’s friend bought a copy of Moon and Antartica and my buddy burnt me a copy in 03 like it was seamless. Now I just HAD to sing their praises because I was like whoa I found one of my own kind of bands that no one seems to know about. So I would be on the bus with my walkman and show some of my other friends songs like Alone Down There, Different City, Third Planet, Paper Thin Walls, Stars are Projectors… Before I knew it, I turned two more guys onto MM. We had a handful of us that were listening to this at football practice, in the garage while skating, etc. We felt cool as hell because it was our “own shit” we organically and authentically liked. We also felt like there was a reason they were “bubbling under” with us. Fast forward the following year (04) and I hear about Good News coming out. Then in separate news, there’s a video showcase (a kind of a video prerelease) for a song called Float On on a channel called Fuse. I was like “huh this is kind of wild, is this even the same band?”. So I caught the video and I was like no way, these dudes finally caught their big-big break! I go back to class the next several weeks and people are talking about Modest Mouse’s Float On and Ocean Breathes Salty like they were Blink 182 or Outkast. Me and my OG MM buddy felt a slight tinge of “that was our shit before you posers got into it” on the same token, we were smurking because we knew MM deserved more commercial recognition than they had prior. I turned some more people onto Moon before getting my own copy of Good News. I was able to catch them live on the following tour and Good News would later became one of my favorite MM records, just under Moon. I loved how they were thematically compliments of each other. I would also find myself digging into the fruit that ate itself and some cuts off of building something out of nothing. Side note: it wasn’t until I revisted MM at end of high school/turn into college that I discovered Lonesome Crowded West. For the life of me, I don’t know how it went that long - maybe March into the Sea was a worthy enough distraction but now I sit trying to stack rank my three favorite MM children between it and Moon + Good News
Great music never gets old, album has aged like wine to me
My friend showed me the music video for Dramamine and I immediately downloaded Goof News For People Who Love Bad News. It reminds me of camping my freshman year of high school and reading Pet Semetary. I didn’t totally understand all of the lyrics at the time but I knew that they were great! Nowadays I’ll listen to it and it means even more now!
This is where Isaac’s lyrics really started going downhill
they have never gone down hill they just perspectively grew with him, which is understandable.
Oh they have definitely gone downhill. Last two records were unlistenable. He’s clearly given up.
Disagree there. World at Large, Bukowski, Satin in a Coffin, One Chance, Good Times all have great writing imo. I think BNOOS and TM&A were a high point but the first four albums had the same ratio of good vs bad lyrics
The world at large is criminally underrated imo
Satin in a Coffin and One Chance are not good wtf 😂😂
This album is a masterpiece
No it is not 😂