Word: everywhereã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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Frontman Isaac Brock’s endearingly whiny voice and distinct guitar sound remain, but something seems amiss in Everywhere??as if the energy has been sucked completely dry from Modest Mouse. Brian Deck’s production removes the edge and luster from the Modest Mouse sound, leaving the band sounding too dull and warm. The first track, “Willful Suspension of Disbelief,” starts ethereally with a falsetto “everywhere?? layered over and over in the background, but this soon proves mind-numbing rather than inspiring. The next...
...It’s a testament to Branch’s musical poise that she doesn’t get lost in the over-zealous mix. That said, the pairing of rolling acoustic guitar with a stuttering drum machine on the opening of the radio-smash “Everywhere?? melds with surprisingly fluidity...
...truth to swallow. For those who saw their closest friends thrown out of their jobs and apartments, and for those who had already left behind everything to seek out a life in the Bay Area, believing that no one’s to blame is hard. Scapegoats should be everywhere??yet are nowhere to be found...