The Golden Casket

by Modest Mouse

The Golden Casket cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 June 2021
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:28
  • Community rating: 2.52/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Russell Higbee, Ben Massarella, body percussion, Dave Sardy, Jeremiah Green, Jim Fairchild, Andrew Weiss, Jacknife Lee, Lisa Molinaro, Isaac Brock, other

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The band's seventh studio album and their first in six years, 'The Golden Casket' was produced by Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee. The record finds frontman Isaac Brock exploring themes of technology's pervasive influence, fatherhood, and mortality with his signature sardonic wit. Sonically, it pushes the band's sound into more psychedelic and electronic-tinged territory while retaining their core indie-rock identity.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocalist, melodic, rhythmic, existential

Tracklist

  1. Fuck Your Acid Trip (3:11)
  2. We Are Between (3:52)
  3. We're Lucky (2:44)
  4. Walking And Running (3:01)
  5. Wooden Soldiers (5:55)
  6. Transmitting Receiving (5:40)
  7. The Sun Hasn't Left (4:23)
  8. Lace Your Shoes (5:25)
  9. Never Fuck A Spider On The Fly (4:56)
  10. Leave A Light On (4:18)
  11. Japanese Trees (3:05)
  12. Back To The Middle (3:52)

Credits

  • Modest Mouse - primary artist
  • Isaac Brock - creative director, finger snaps, electric guitar, synth [bass synth], vocals, written-by, electric guitar, vocals, body percussion [mouth percussion], electric guitar, vocals, synth [modular synth], percussion [soft drink percussion], electric guitar, banjo, vibraslap, other [spacephone], melodica, finger snaps, vocals, tom tom, bass guitar [bass guitar effects], electric guitar, other [speak and spell], loops [electronic loop], vocals, bass guitar [verse bass guitar], marimba, synth, drum machine, guitar, vocals, electric guitar, guitar [ebo guitar], kalimba, bass guitar [verse bass guitar], synth [modular synth], vocals, synth [main synth], synth [wasp synth], electric guitar, synth [modular synths], bass guitar, synth [101 synth], electric guitar, vocals
  • Matt Bishop - edited by
  • Russell Higbee - bass guitar, synth [arp synth], written-by, electric guitar, electric guitar, synth [mini korg], electric organ [farfisa], bass guitar, synth [verse and ch synth], bass guitar, electric organ [farfisa], bass, electric guitar, synth, synth [arp synth], electric guitar, synth [solina], bass guitar, synth, drum programming
  • Jeremiah Green - drums, finger snaps, written-by, drum machine, drums, drums, tom tom, drums, drum machine
  • Ben Massarella - percussion, shaker, tambourine, cowbell, claves, xylophone, percussion [bamblong], percussion [paper bags filled with wood], drum machine, percussion [paper bags filled with wood], shaker, percussion, percussion [stick bundles], shaker, written-by, tom tom, bells [sleigh bells], cymbal, tambourine, tom tom, shaker, percussion [spare change], percussion [tamb hits], shaker, percussion [metallic percussion], shaker, bongos, percussion [water drum], electronic drums, shaker, electronic drums
  • Tom Peloso - piano [wurlitzer], written-by, bass guitar, horn, synth [ch synth], lap steel guitar, electric piano, electric piano [nord electric piano], other [fun machine], piano, synth [mini korg], synth [crumar]
  • Jim Fairchild - written-by, guitar

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