[MMouse]: another Word about the MM sound
One last gasp and then its back to lurking -- what I said with the K/Up/KRS sound was pretty stupid. I should have been more specific, what I meant to say was that there is a certain same-ness to some of the NW indie rock produced by Calvin Johnson. Up, as we all know, is a sweet label with a huge range of sounds and artists on its roster, and is definitely not tied in to a single sound. So that comment, about the thin sound, was pretty stupid in light of this. Sorry. But that stuff about the record sounding how they wanted is definitely true. Back to my hole...
[MMouse]: Re: initial reaction (not so sugar-coated)
I can see people not digging the new album, it does sound a lot different from their older stuff. But make no mistake, M&A sounds EXACTLY like Isaac and the band want it to sound, it has nothing to do with what Epic wants. Brian Deck, the guy who produced the album, is the architect behind the Red Red Meat sound (which two guys from Califone are in) a sound (and band) that Isaac happens to love. Brian Deck has never, to my knowledge, had a major-label production credit before, in fact I think he's only produced a few of those Perishable bands (oRSo, Drumhead) that no one has ever listened to. So whatever you think of the sound of the new album, don't for a second think it had anything to do with what Epic wanted. Isaac loves that fuller sound and he worked with guys whom he thought could help him get it. He was sick of that thin, K/Up/KRS business, and I don't blame him.
[MMouse]: MM recording - from perishable records dispatch
a mouse in the house modest mouse is arriving in Chicago august 16th to begin work on a new lp, their third (this one for epic record) at the new facilities at clava studios. brian deck will be producing and engineering at clava's new digs. the studio has settled in to its permanent space next door to perishable's south side offices in the shadows of comiskey park and the Illinois institute of technology campus, forming a media complex of a kind not seen in the Bridgeport neighborhood sinceever. next time you see an aerial TV shot of a white sox home game, look for modest mouse's Isaac Brock staggering around in the area to the north of the ballpark. **note: the mouse have ben booked to play the empty bottle (www.emptybottle.com) august 24
[MMouse]: MM recording - from perishable records dispatch
a mouse in the house modest mouse is arriving in Chicago august 16th to begin work on a new lp, their third (this one for epic record) at the new facilities at clava studios. brian deck will be producing and engineering at clava's new digs. the studio has settled in to its permanent space next door to perishable's south side offices in the shadows of comiskey park and the Illinois institute of technology campus, forming a media complex of a kind not seen in the Bridgeport neighborhood sinceever. next time you see an aerial TV shot of a white sox home game, look for modest mouse's Isaac Brock staggering around in the area to the north of the ballpark. **note: the mouse have ben booked to play the empty bottle (www.emptybottle.com) august 24
[MMouse]: internet tax
That story is a hoax, as it every single story that circulates on the internet urging people to "email everyone they know." For the bit on internet tax check out: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blemtax2.htm?pid=2733&cob=home And don't forward any "warnings" to anybody, ever. It's all a big joke played on the world by lonely computer hackers. For more information check out: http://www.kumite.com/myths/
