'The View''s angular bassline and scratchy guitars underscore the Talking Heads influence on Modest Mouse, but since the Heads have become a more trendy touchstone (mostly for bands with less creativity than either Talking Heads or Modest Mouse), it's nice to hear how Brock and company take that influence in a different direction instead of just rehashing it with less inspiration. For a song loosely about contemplating death, it sounds strikingly vital and liberated Brock delivers finely shaded lyrics like 'We are hummingbirds who've lost the plot and we will not move' with a barbaric yawp it's nonsensical but oddly climactic, conveying how what seems trivial can be anything but. The band hits these points home with a louder, more rock-oriented sound than they've had since The Lonesome Crowded West, particularly on 'Bury Me with It,' which embodies many of the contradictions that continue to make Modest Mouse fascinating. The occasionally indulgent feel of The Moon & Antarctica allowed Modest Mouse the room to make epic statements about life, death, and the afterlife while Good News for People Who Love Bad News is equally concerned with mortality and spirituality, it has a more active, immediate feel that makes its comments on these subjects that much more pointed. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News 2LPДЄfter more than a decade with Modest Mouse, Isaac Brock still sounds young and weird and searching, and never more so than on Good News for People Who Love Bad News, which follows the band's meditative The Moon & Antarctica with a set of songs that are more focused, but also less obviously profound.

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