okay someone asked for a sort of general opinion on the new album...i can say that i enjoy it..and more so now with many repeated listens...but ive decided that the biggest part that bugs me about it is that it seems like an ISSAC BROCK solo album...the drums are soooooooo low in the mix (for all i know the copy thats going around is just a rough mix and the final product will be better) and they seem so much more reserved than before..not at all the amazing work that jeremiah has been known for...and the bass is barely audible for the most part. the vocals and guitars are turned up into the fore-front and soooooooo mutli-tracked. altho...someone pointed out that there was a lot more atmosphere and weird noises and stuff on it..but i really actually liked that...i liked it a lot. i dont like it better or worse than the old style mouse..but i still like it. i may be going too far off the subject here but i was just reading this book called "beatlesongs" and its a list of all the beatle songs in order of the release..and it says all the info on the song..like who wrote it..andwho wrote what of it..and it also has members of the band and george martin (the producer) talking about the songs as well..but it also has a whole bunch about the recording process of the songs..and it talked about all the added stuff and weird noises and atmosphere..and also the writing process..and i was wondering why more bands cant do things more like that..and i was thinking that modest mouse with their new sound with atmosphere and added unneccesary noise could benefit from say...a really good producer they can bond with and create greatness with like the beatles and george martin. anothing thing tho..is that the beatles were so much more of a collabrative band...like all the members doing a lot of writing and shit in the studio..while the mouse seems more like issac's thing which is unfortunate. he might benefit and really thrive if he were to have an equal partner in the band like john and paul. oh well..im overtired and overthinging this. also i dont want anyone to think im comparing the beatles to modest mouse at all in terms of talent or greatness. oh well. love andrew
