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Building Nothing Out of Something,Modest Mouse

- Building Nothing Out of Something
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Modest Mouse
Released 2000

Never Ending Math Equation
03:23
63,181 plays

Broke
03:19
52,418 plays

Sleepwalkin'
03:23
52,105 plays

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songs

- 1
- Never Ending Math Equation
- 03:23
- 63,181 plays

- 2
- Interstate 8
- 04:39
- 50,494 plays

- 3
- Broke
- 03:19
- 52,418 plays

- 4
- Medication
- 05:01
- 37,897 plays

- 5
- Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'
- 06:40
- 35,518 plays

- 6
- All Night Diner
- 04:44
- 47,306 plays

- 7
- Baby Blue Sedan
- 04:04
- 45,015 plays

- 8
- A Life of Arctic Sounds
- 02:29
- 34,073 plays

- 9
- Sleepwalkin'
- 03:23
- 52,105 plays

- 10
- Grey Ice Water
- 05:05
- 47,186 plays

- 11
- Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe in (Positive Negative)
- 05:18
- 34,042 plays

- 12
- Other People's Lives
- 07:10
- 33,757 plays

album review

Building Nothing Out of Something collects Modest Mouse singles and rare tracks from the group's indie-label years, including the studio tracks from the Interstate 8 EP and their contributions to the Sub Pop Singles Club. Despite the songs' motley origins, Building Nothing Out of Something works well as an album, balancing the group's quirky and often poignant pop songs with their more abrasive rock side. The wonderfully dreamy, off-kilter "Interstate 8" and "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" (which cleverly quotes Eraserhead's "Lady in the Radiator Song") are two shining examples of the group's elastic, loopy guitar pop, while "All Nite Diner," "A Life of Arctic Sounds," and "Other People's Lives" define their high-strung rock sound. Slower songs like "Grey Ice Water" and the Santo & Johnny homage "Sleepwalkin'" round out this look at Modest Mouse's diverse but consistently worthwhile indie output. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide