Modest Mouse released their seventh studio album, The Golden Casket , on June 25, 2021. The album’s first single, “We Are Between”, was released on May 5, followed by its second single, “Leave a Light On”, released on May 24. Writing for the Wall Street Journal , music critic Mark Richardson gave a mixed review of the album. Richardson described the tracks on the first half of the album as “sound[ing] like busy arrangements in search of a song”, and noted that “Mr. Brock’s ear for hooks just barely rescues the tracks from the seriously overstuffed production.” Richardson noted that the back half of the album contained the biggest highlights, which he described as “quite good”. Richardson was particularly fond of the album’s stripped-down finale, “Back to the Middle”, which he noted “hints at what should be [the band’s] next change-up: Keep it simple. If the songs are strong and the performances are there, guitar, bass and drums will be more than enough.
The Golden Casket
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