Strangers to Ourselves

by Modest Mouse

Strangers to Ourselves cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 March 2015
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:51
  • Community rating: 2.72/5 from 15 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeremiah Green, Jim Fairchild, Tom Peloso, Lisa Molinaro, Isaac Brock, Russell Higbee, Ben Massarella

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking the band's return after an eight-year hiatus, 'Strangers to Ourselves' is a sprawling, sonically dense album that expands upon the band's characteristic jerky indie-rock with a wider palette of strings, horns, and synthesizers. Isaac Brock鈥檚 songwriting continues to fixate on humanity's destructive relationship with nature and societal alienation, presented through a polished but instrumentally layered production. The record's ambitious and eclectic collection of individual tracks was met with a mixed reception, praised for its experimental moments and mature refinement but also viewed by some as less cohesive than the band's previous efforts.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Strangers to Ourselves (03:24)
  2. Lampshades on Fire (03:07)
  3. Shit in Your Cut (04:43)
  4. Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996) (03:41)
  5. Ansel (02:56)
  6. The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box (06:11)
  7. Coyotes (03:30)
  8. Pups to Dust (03:30)
  9. Sugar Boats (04:03)
  10. Wicked Campaign (03:33)
  11. Be Brave (03:30)
  12. God is an Indian and You're an Asshole (01:17)
  13. The Tortoise and the Tourist (03:40)
  14. The Best Room (04:24)
  15. Of Course We Know (05:22)

Credits

  • Isaac Brock - vocals, guitar, twelve-string, piano, rhodes, mellotron, bass, ebow, baritone guitar, korg ms-20, composer, lyricist, producer
  • Jeremiah Green - drums, conga, sequencers, electronic drums, djembe, death whistle, vibes, korg, kalimba, cigar box guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Peloso - bass, synth, rhodes, piano, upright piano, cornet, kalimba, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Fairchild - guitar, rhodes, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Russell Higbee - bass, rhodes, upright bass, guitar, pump organ, vibes, electric piano, baritone guitar, euphonium, kalimba, cornet, organ, backing vocals
  • Lisa Molinaro - viola, cello, bass, vocals
  • Ben Massarella - percussion
  • Darrin Wiener - modular synthesizer, field recordings, machine sequencing, engineer
  • Davey Brozowski - percussion
  • James Mercer - vocals
  • Dann Gallucci - drum machine, guitar, acoustic guitar, sequencing, synthesizers
  • Jose Medeles - drums, percussion, vibes
  • William Slater - banjo on "the ground walks, with time in a box", piano, rhodes, modular synth, backing vocals
  • Maureen Pandos - upright bass
  • Tristan Forney - tuba
  • Corrina Repp - backing vocals
  • Jeremy Sherrer - timbales, mpc programming, backing vocals, engineer
  • Tucker Martine - percussion, producer
  • Seth Lorinczi - bass, engineer
  • Ryan Baldoz - backwards bass
  • Joe Zook - mixing
  • Houston - art direction, design
  • Brian Deck - producer
  • Andrew Weiss - producer
  • Clay Jones - producer, engineer
  • Brandon Eggleston - engineer
  • John McEntire - engineer, mixing engineer
  • Beau Raymond - engineer
  • Griffin Rodriguez - engineer
  • Greg Calbi - mastering engineer

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