Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next EP

It's got a giant burn hole on the shoulder. A giant green buffalo on the front. And "Modest Mouse" is written above it. It's one of my favorite shirts of all time (Mind you, I have way too many graphic T's). Advertising Modest Mouse has been one of my past times for years. Thinking about how many times I've listened to Moon and Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West is unbelievable.

But Modest Mouse has continued to make music after Moon and Antarctica. Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) was great, and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007) got me for a few months. Today, Modest Mouse released their new EP, No One's First and You're Next. Featuring B-sides from the past two albums, the new EP has a very familiar and great 'Modest Mouse'-y feel to it. It's good. It's just nothing new - same sounds, vocals, and great song titles . And it marks even more of a departure from the older Modest Mouse that I loved. It's still worth getting (Check out "Guilty Cocker Spaniels", "The Whale Song", and "King Rat"). And if you've never listened to Modest Mouse, get on that! It just sounds exactly like how you'd expect unreleased and B-side tracks from the past two albums to sound.

Also, I did come across an awesome music video for the great song, "King Rat", directed by Heath Ledger before he died. Kinda cool, eh? Check it out here.