Modest Mouse – Building Nothing Out of Something LP

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Building Nothing Out of SomethingcollectsModest Mousesingles and rare tracks from the group’s indie-label years, including the studio tracks from theInterstate 8EP and their contributions to the Sub Pop Singles Club. Despite the songs’ motley origins,Building Nothing Out of Somethingworks well as an album, balancing the group’s quirky and often poignant pop songs with their more abrasive rock side. The wonderfully dreamy, off-kilter “Interstate 8” and “Workin’ on Leavin’ the Livin’” (which cleverly quotesEraserhead‘s “Lady in the Radiator Song”) are two shining examples of the group’s elastic, loopy guitar pop, while “All Nite Diner,” “A Life of Arctic Sounds,” and “Other People’s Lives” define their high-strung rock sound. Slower songs like “Grey Ice Water” and theSanto & Johnnyhomage “Sleepwalkin’” round out this look atModest Mouse‘s diverse but consistently worthwhile indie output.