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This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About,Modest Mouse

- This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
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Modest Mouse
Released 1996

Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
05:50
80,344 plays

Custom Concern
04:28
50,477 plays

Breakthrough
04:06
50,075 plays

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songs

- 1
- Dramamine
- 05:42
- 143,051 plays

- 2
- Breakthrough
- 04:06
- 50,075 plays

- 3
- Custom Concern
- 04:28
- 50,477 plays

- 4
- Might
- 01:31
- 38,349 plays

- 5
- Lounge
- 06:33
- 39,307 plays

- 6
- Beach Side Property
- 06:59
- 38,413 plays

- 7
- She Ionizes & Atomizes
- 04:21
- 38,466 plays

- 8
- Head South
- 04:22
- 32,922 plays

- 9
- Dog Paddle
- 02:02
- 30,616 plays

- 10
- Novocain Stain
- 03:42
- 32,502 plays

- 11
- Tundra/Desert
- 05:24
- 33,549 plays

- 12
- Ohio
- 06:01
- 33,138 plays

- 13
- Exit Does Not Exist
- 04:57
- 34,171 plays

- 14
- Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset
- 05:50
- 80,344 plays

- 15
- Make Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds
- 06:04
- 31,263 plays

- 16
- Space Travel Is Boring
- 01:53
- 29,354 plays

album review

Expanding upon the themes of emotional and geographic isolation found in the band's previous work, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About finds Modest Mouse mixing slow, brooding numbers such as "Custom Concern" and "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" with thrashing guitar workouts like "Breakthrough" and "Head South." The general mood here is one of loneliness and desperation, eloquently expressed through both the lyrics and the rhythmic, sprawling instrumentation. "Dramamine," for instance, with its driving, mid-tempo beat and ricocheting guitar line, sums up the hopelessness of a doomed relationship, while the frantic "Head South" deals with the feeling of "being ashamed of your old space." The mandolin, slide guitar, and cello featured throughout the album give the songs a certain degree of depth that makes them stand out from average indie rock fare. In general, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About is a fine album of guitar-based rock, and Modest Mouse distinguishes itself here with songs whose meanings are simultaneously universal and painfully personal. ~ Brandon Gentry, All Music Guide