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This album makes me want to make music, even if I doubt I could ever come close to it
The Lonesome Crowded West to me is about being stuck in a place you dislike, one that constantly seems to be changing for the worse. That feeling of being trapped in part by your own familiarity, and the feeling of being surrounded by so many people, yet still somehow being alone runs through the album's core. Sonically, Modest Mouse sound angry, vindictive, and just the slightest bit defeated across much of ... read more
The Lonesome Crowded West to me is about being stuck in a place you dislike, one that constantly seems to be changing for the worse. That feeling of being trapped in part by your own familiarity, and the feeling of being surrounded by so many people, yet still somehow being alone runs through the album's core. Sonically, Modest Mouse sound angry, vindictive, and just the slightest bit defeated across much of ... read more
Indie Rock | Introspective | United States
9.5
Masterpiece
Me ranting about other reviews:
Hey guys! You know what really pisses me off! You don't? Well that thing that people do, when they review albums, where they claim something to be, for examble like calling this record "the bible for emo music." I mean we're all guilty of this, but cmon, this album, the bible for Emo. Really?
And it's not that this is inherently a bad way to describe something. It's not, but when i see ... read more
9.5
Masterpiece
Me ranting about other reviews:
Hey guys! You know what really pisses me off! You don't? Well that thing that people do, when they review albums, where they claim something to be, for examble like calling this record "the bible for emo music." I mean we're all guilty of this, but cmon, this album, the bible for Emo. Really?
And it's not that this is inherently a bad way to describe something. It's not, but when i see ... read more
This has become my most beloved album in my early 20s, acting as the perfect soundtrack to these past few years. The Lonesome Crowded West has been labeled as the bible of Emo and Indie Rock as a whole, and further exploration becomes clear as to why that is. I have always been aware of the reputation that this album possesses and it regretfully took me a while to see it for myself. Well I'll be damed, they were right. There is not a wasted moment here, it is truly an album that encompasses so ... read more
A FLAWLESSLY FLAWED ALBUM
Incredible indie rock gem, with some of the craziest, saddest and even goofiest songs ever penned. Not one track I don't love, could put any of them on anytime, even the 11 minute "Truckers' Atlas" they really knew to keep a groove going for periods, with a lot songs having words for just a couple minutes and then the rest of the time they're just jamming out, they keep it engaging. Another thing I absolutely love about this album (and their debut) is all ... read more
Incredible indie rock gem, with some of the craziest, saddest and even goofiest songs ever penned. Not one track I don't love, could put any of them on anytime, even the 11 minute "Truckers' Atlas" they really knew to keep a groove going for periods, with a lot songs having words for just a couple minutes and then the rest of the time they're just jamming out, they keep it engaging. Another thing I absolutely love about this album (and their debut) is all ... read more
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Year End Lists
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Track List
- Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
- Heart Cooks Brain
- Convenient Parking
- Lounge (Closing Time)
- Jesus Christ Was an Only Child
- Doin' the Cockroach
- Cowboy Dan
- Trailer Trash
- Out of Gas
- Long Distance Drunk
- Shit Luck
- Truckers Atlas
- Polar Opposites
- Bankrupt on Selling
- Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright
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Added on: August 22, 2012