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Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Rock · 2004 · 16 tracks

Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Modest Mouse

A polished pivot into existential pop. Jagged guitars meet brass bands and banjo, balancing radio-ready hooks with a deep, weary obsession with mortality.

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It's the catchiest album about dying and being a jerk you'll ever hear.

A manic-depressive carnival ride that finds unexpected joy in the inevitability of the end.

Good News for People Who Love Bad News · vs · Modest Mouse
Bittersweet+1.9σ

Bittersweet saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Horn Intro
0:10
02
The World at Large
4:33
03
Float On
3:28
04
Ocean Breathes Salty
3:49
05
Dig Your Grave
0:13
06
Bury Me With It
3:50
07
Dance Hall
2:57
08
Bukowski
4:15
09
This Devil’s Workday
2:19
10
The View
4:13
11
Satin in a Coffin
2:35
12
Interlude (Milo)
0:59
13
Blame It on the Tetons
5:25
14
Black Cadillacs
2:43
15
One Chance
3:04
16
The Good Times Are Killing Me
4:17
Moments Worth Waiting For
the seamless transition from the drifting melancholy of The World at Large into the propulsive optimism of Float On
the abrasive, shouting energy of Dance Hall suddenly giving way to the dark, banjo-driven cynicism of Bukowski
the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's mournful horns turning This Devil's Workday into a swampy, theatrical nightmare
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