Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (25th Anniversary 'Bottom Of The Sky' Coloured 2LP Vinyl)

Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (25th Anniversary 'Bottom Of The Sky' Coloured 2LP Vinyl)

What really stands out about The Lonesome Crowded West is this journey it takes you on. Less like a concept album and more like a road trip soundtrack. It meanders between feelings of grinding teeth and soothing calm, love and heartache, hope and despair, with the mood and emotion shifting like tumbleweeds on a gusty day. The words really make you think, with riddle-like complexity at times. 
There’s an endearing honesty and authenticity inherent to this album that doesn’t exist in a lot of popular music. It’s similar to a piece of beautiful framed art, sculpture or metalwork that is obviously handmade, due to the fact that it exhibits noticeable imperfections. Perfectly imperfect: The Lonesome Crowded West.

Tracklisting:

1. Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
2. Heart Cooks Brain
   
3. Convenient Parking
4. Baby Blue Sedan
5. Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
6. Doin' The Cockroach
7. Cowboy Dan
8. Trailer Trash
9. Out Of Gas 
10. Long Distance Drunk
11. Shit Luck 
12. Truckers Atlas
13. Polar Opposites
14. Bankrupt On Selling
15. Lounge (Closing Time)
16. Styrofoam Boots / It's All Nice On Ice, Alright