The golden casket

"Albummet skal ses som en slags konceptudgivelse, der viser det syge amerikanske landskab set gennem en smartphone, hvor forbrugersamfundet er kørt ud over kanten. Heldigvis er Isaac Brocks sangskrivning så opløftende, at han ser sig fri for navlepilleriets fælder ... The Golden Casket er som et farvestrålende psykedelisk patchwork, der er syet sammen af Isaac Brocks mange stemninger og hans egen mentale tilstand, der indimellem kan føles som aparte stiløvelser. Alligevel er tidligere tiders hysteriske udtryk blevet tæmmet i forhold deres bagkatalog. Selv med tre årtier på bagen har Modest Mouse langt fra udspillet deres rolle".

"The band's first new album in six years is a procession of pinging, clanging, reverberating tactile pleasures, an inventive backdrop for Isaac Brock's familiar blend of forced optimism and unforced paranoia".

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"The Pacific Northwesters have turned in a psychedelic pop masterwork that picks up the positivity they first explored with 2004 mega-smash 'Float On'".

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"Even on the album's sweetest track, "Lace Up Your Shoes," Brock can't turn a blind eye to the bad things in the world as he sings to his young daughter: "I hate that this'll happen/But I know that it'll happen/Someone's going to be cruel." It's one of several genuinely affecting moments on The Golden Casket that finds the perfect balance between optimism and realism -- and makes it Modest Mouse's finest work since Good News for People Who Love Bad News".

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"i Modest Mouse er sanger og sangskriver Isaac Brock overladt til egen kreativitet. Det går mindre godt. Udtrykket holder fortsat, men hvor er de gode sange?".

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