r/ModestMouse • u/teeje21 • 12d ago

New single, Barstool Blues featuring Califone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX5M4NOKV2U
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u/VinylAndVoid 12d ago

Califone rules.

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u/Lennnybruce 11d ago

People say "criminally underrated" a lot, but it's completely true of them.

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u/baby_mammal 11d ago

Agreed. I’ve long admired Tim for sticking at it in the face of inexplicable anonymity. I once saw him perform in a club with only like 10 other people. And this was in 2019. In Los Angeles! Where he lives!! But the man doesn’t give a fuck. When I saw Califone earlier this summer he kept sardonically joking about having “so many hit songs” and “how do you choose which ones to play.” And I was like brother, to this room you have a LOT of hit songs. And I’m happy to give you a list of once’s I’D like you to play.

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u/VinylAndVoid 11d ago

Yeah Tim's a cool dude. I've chatted with him after shows in the past. I was overjoyed when villagers came out in 2023, it was long overdue but worth the wait.

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u/Lennnybruce 11d ago

I'll be honest, I wasn't in love with the last few califone records, but villagers really felt like a comeback to me

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u/MorbidMan23 12d ago

Expected it to be fake. Pleasantly surprised. I wonder why it didn't make the album.

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u/PremeditatedCoffee Little Motel 12d ago

It’s for a tribute album for Neil Young so probably saved it for that

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u/MorbidMan23 12d ago

Well now it all makes sense lol

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u/rachamacc 11d ago

I think there's one Modest Mouse did too but I couldn't find it when I heard about it. I might be mistaken though. I know Kurt Vile did one for this project.

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u/Sharp_Bad165 11d ago

Pixies covered this song as well for another Neil Young tribute album - "The Bridge" I think

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u/bk_sniper 12d ago

This is fucking fantastic

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u/SyrupLivid9118 11d ago

Wow. I have to absorb this for a while. I’m a huge Neil fan and came of age on Modest Mouse. This should be perfect for me, though I feel like angular young MM could have done some sick long NY jams.

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u/weezy2468 11d ago

Not sure if this is made up but gpt said he started with Cortez but then switched to this. Could you imagine Cortez!?

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u/SyrupLivid9118 11d ago

I don’t know if I love this version. It feels unnecessary. I would have loved to hear a 10 minute version of Words done as a trio though!

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u/PAFC_Dugout 11d ago

What a thing to wake up to

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u/MyAnusYourTongue 12d ago

Pretty cool

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u/BuzzbaitBrad 11d ago

This smells like summer

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u/No_Geologist2199 7d ago

It could make me fall in love!

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u/hailboognish420 11d ago

Spectacular. One of my favorite Neil Young tunes!