This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
After two spectacular, critically praised indie releases, these idiosyncratic Seattle rockers led by Isaac Brock have moved on up to a major-label deal .
So, as a going-away present to the band and fans, the label that signed and nurtured them has put together this set of singles, leftovers and tracks previously unavailable on CD. And a wonderful gift it is — a dozen tracks of Modest Mouse’s charmingly shambling, jangling garage psychedelia, with clunky rhythms, slippery slide guitars and co-ed vocals colliding like bumper cars halfway between Pavement’s slanted and enchanted bohemian rhapsodies and Royal Trux’s trippy, ragged glory. Their new CD isn’t due until spring, but this will easily tide you over.
