Name: Sad Sappy Sucker
Brand: Modest Mouse

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GPLP004

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-11-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

767981144214

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Modest Mouse

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Glacial Pace

Although parts of Sucker are experimental compared to the band's current polish, this isn't some rarity to be enjoyed only by collectors. Breezy melodies build into jagged choruses as singer Isaac Brock shows he can be both tender and playfully aggressive. Most of the songs clock in between two and three minutes, leaving room for numerous gems in the course of the 24-track album. While 12 of the songs come from a recording session with K Records' Calvin Johnson, a chunk of Sucker material comes from Brock's "Dial-a-Song" phase, during which callers heard new songs by dialing into his answering machine. These experiments range from lo-fi combos of distorted instruments and whiny vocals to complete songs, like the bluesy rock jam on "Secret Agent X-9." The Dial-a-Songs—and a message left by Murder City Devils front man Spencer Moody ("Call to Dial-a-Song")—are both comic relief and proof that Modest Mouse didn't gain their indie-rock cult status by accident. The talent's been there from the beginning.

Sad Sappy Sucker

Music US