MODEST MOUSE - SAD SAPPY SUCKER (180g LP)

Modest Mouse Sad Sappy Sucker on 180g LP

Originally slated to be Modest Mouse's debut album, Sad Sappy Sucker was shelved for several years until its eventual release in 2001. Although parts of Sucker are experimental compared to the band's current sound, this isn't some rarity to be enjoyed only by collectors. Breezy melodies build into jagged choruses as singer Isaac Brock shows he can be both tender and playfully aggressive.

Most of the songs clock in between two and three minutes, leaving room for numerous gems in the course of the 24-track album. While 12 of the songs come from a recording session with K Records' Calvin Johnson, a chunk of Sucker material comes from Brock's "Dial-a-Song" phase, during which callers heard new songs by dialing into his answering machine. These experiments range from lo-fi combos of distorted instruments and whiny vocals to complete songs, like the bluesy rock jam on "Secret Agent X-9." The Dial-a-Songs and a message left by Murder City Devils front man Spencer Moody ("Call to Dial-a-Song") are both comic relief and proof that Modest Mouse didn't gain their indie-rock cult status by accident.

Modest Mouse Sad Sappy Sucker Track Listing:

1.  Birds Vs Worms
2.  Four Fingered Fisherman
3.  Wagon Ride Return
4.  Classy Plastic Lumber
5.  From Point A To Point B (Infinity)
6.  Path Of Least Resistance
7.  Always Rains On A Picnic
8.  Dukes Up
9.  Think Long
10. Every Penny Fed Car
11. Mice Eat Cheese
12. Race Car Grin You Ain’t No Landmark
13. Red Hand Case
14. Secret Agent X-9
15. Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?
16. Call To Dial-A-Song (Left By Spencer Mody)
17. 5-4-3-2-1 Lisp Off
18. Wood Grain
19. BMX Crash
20. Sucker Bet
21. Black Blood And Old New Agers
22. Swy
23. Australopithecus
24. Sin Gun Chaser