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Modest Mouse
- Record Label: Glacial Pace Recordings
- Release Date: Jun 5, 2026
- Summary: Modest Mouse's first full-length release since the passing of drummer Jeremiah Green in 2022 was produced by frontman Isaac Brock with additional production from Jacknife Lee, Justin Raisen, and Suzy Shinn.
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- Record Label: Glacial Pace Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jun 4, 2026It is a record that is at times anxious, claustrophobic, and deliberately rough around the edges. Yet, amidst the manic energy and junkyard clatter, it always leaves the door propped open for a moment of unexpected, heartbreaking beauty for those willing to take a bite.
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Jun 15, 2026There’s a verve and dynamism to even the slower songs that suggest he has once again tapped into a rich vein of form, three decades after announcing himself as one of US alternative rock’s most idiosyncratic voices.
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MojoJun 16, 2026Modest Mouse's first LP in five years is confident and restlessly inspired, juggling prickly melodicism and hard-earned optimism with left-hand turns that make clear Brock is as creatively plugged-in as ever. [Aug 2026, p.85]
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UncutJun 4, 2026An Eraser... is overstuffed with too many short studio experiments, but there are many more moments of startling humanity. [Jul 2026, p.35]
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 22, 2026An Eraser And A Maze is a wildly sprawling thing. .... Modest Mouse remain on of the American indie rock scene's most fascinating, nuanced bands. [Summer 2026, p.73]
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Jun 8, 2026The music still slaps, but the band occasionally opts for inorganic sounds, such as the synth-heavy “Absolutely Necessary Never” and the electronic rhythms of “Rotten Fruit” (featuring pkpkpkp), which feels foreign.
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Jun 5, 2026We’re spoon-fed half-baked concepts and mundane middle-aged observations stretched far beyond their depth. Somewhere inside An Eraser and A Maze, there’s probably a very good EP trying to get out.