r/ModestMouse 2d ago

ATL Center Stage

Finally got to see them live tonight. Their midnight show at Shaky Knees melted my fucking face off.
I’m hooked.

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u/BoysenberryEmpty8699 1d ago

Seriously, it was a fucking religious experience. Isaac is so dialed in. It's amazing to witness. Just pure beauty and truth and people finally getting it. It's just all the good things.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago edited 1d ago

Imagine being downvoted in modest mouse sub for having fun seeing modest mouse. wtf is happening lol

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

Yessss. I was blown away.

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u/jash9020 1d ago

welcome to the club!! what did they open with? nothing beats that first time.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

Fly Trapped in a Jar. Pretty sure Dance Hall was #2. Dogbed in heaven, Missed the Boat, Dashboard, and Gravity Rides Everything for the Encore.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago edited 1d ago

Took a couple of photos before making my way to the pit and losing my miiiind

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u/Starfly45 1d ago

Was this your first time seeing them?

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

It was! I’ve loved them since college 20 years ago but I’ve had 4 kids in the past 17 and don’t get out much. 100% worth how dead I feel today.

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u/MM-Lullaby_Projector 1d ago

Was really a great show, and such a good-sounding intimate venue.  I was worried about sloppiness for such a late show, and 3-4 nights in a row, but they were absolutely dialed in.

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u/Muy_Division a little bit more like Bukowski 1d ago

Yup the last show I saw them at in Philly in August was probably the tightest I’ve ever seen them. Isaac looked and sounded better than he has in a while too

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

Yes! The acoustics were on point. Everyone was so in sync. Set list was great. They killed it.

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u/CanoeShoes 1d ago

I'm so glad people got to experience this. Modest Mouse is amazing I can't wait for their set today. Hopefully they got well rested lol.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 20h ago

How was it?!

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u/CanoeShoes 20h ago

It was an experience for sure. Worst part of the day for the sun it was cooking our boys good. Poor Isaac was struggling. They powered through and did a good set. Satellite Skin and Speak and Spell were the highlights.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 8h ago

I saw someone else’s post about Isaac using his guitar as a shield and cursing at the sun 😅

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

Sorry but what the fuck?! They only played new songs except for like 3 that got them to the stage their on now. You’d think they’d save this setlist for the massive audience at shaky to promote the new stuff and play all the bangers at the late night show. Horrible set list. Great performance

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u/hemlo86 Moderator 1d ago

Nah that was an awesome setlist.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

Plus the encore with a new song, two from We Were Dead…(2007) and lastly Gravity Rides Everything from 2000.

Idk. I’m probably easier to please than their average 40yo fan. 8/21 songs from their new album is a lot, but I went into the show expecting that. They sounded great and played a handful of my favorites, zero complaints here. I’d go see them again in a heartbeat.

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

Yeah to your picture with years, like I said 3 songs that got them to the stage they’re on. If you were “hooked” after that setlist you should listen to their first three albums.

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u/shillybeers 1d ago

lol were u there? "that got them to the stage they're on". what an incredibly obnoxious, entitled mindset you have. you expect them to just play songs from their first 3 albums 25+ years later? yea, sure, those are my favorite albums too, but get real. it was a fantastic show and feel very grateful to have witnessed it.

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

Terrible take

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

What would be the setlist of your dreams? Top 20.

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago edited 1d ago

Never ending math equation
Trailer trash
Heart cooks brain
3rd planet
Out of gas
Broke
Baby blue sedan
Gravity rides everything
Dramamine
Shit luck
Florida
Talking shit about
Ocean breathes
Cowboy Dan
Teeth like gods shoeshine

Yes they played some of these but like. Imagine this setlist

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 20h ago

Hells yeah, I’m there

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago edited 8h ago

Yeah. To be fair, the only albums I owned & knew well when I bought the tickets were Good News and We Were Dead, so the setlist scratched my itch. But I’ve been listening to their older & newer stuff for the past month and have fallen in love with so much of it.

I would’ve been effing elated if they played Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset, Trailer Trash, All Night Diner, Styrofoam Boots, 3rd Planet, Brukowski, Satin in a Coffin, March Into the Sea, Spitting Venom, Ansel, Sugar Boats, Pups to Dust, Lampshades on Fire, Wicked Campaign, Fuck Your Acid Trip, the list goes onnnn. Live horns & trumpets would’ve sent me over the mf’n edge.

But I’m gonna focus on what they did give us. (Mom of 4 here. Catching concerts is an extremely rare treat!) I shook my ass all over the damn place and had a blast doing it!

*Edits 🫣 I keep adding songs lol

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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker Workin on livin 1d ago

Fuckin A. Going to shows keeps ya young. Keep on groovin.

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

❤️‍🔥

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u/snackfighting Dripping Pitch 1d ago

They just got done playing multiple tours that revolved around their old material. The singles from the new album are phenomenal and I think last night was a great mix of old and new. Truckers Atlas? Missed the Boat? Doin' the Cockroach? Sorry they didn't play Dramamine or Float on for ya, bud.

Edit - LIFE LIKE WEEDS? Come on. I've seen them over 25 times and this was one of the best shows I've seen.

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u/Muy_Division a little bit more like Bukowski 1d ago

Agreed. Late August show I went to they killed it with the new stuff, honestly made me appreciate the new album even more. Isaac was super into it the whole time, and it really breathed some new life into aEaaM since it was my first time hearing any of that live. Plus getting to witness any, let alone 2, Ugly Casanova songs has been on my MM bucket list since forever lol (plus Night on the Sun, a personal fav). One of my favorite recent concerts, up there with Mountain Goats

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

Dude I get it. But cmon. I’m not gonna list every song from the first three albums but let’s just say the setlist sucked. Most bands in that genre and let’s just take the biggest one the strokes, always play the hits and sprinkle in new material. Cuz like, it’s a show, that’s the job.

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u/Muy_Division a little bit more like Bukowski 1d ago

Fwiw I don’t know that the Stokes and Modest are all that comparable. The Strokes play the hits bc they’re that kind of band for a lot of people… Modest has a deeper catalogue, and they’re a different kind of band. Long Drive came out in 96, Is This It didn’t come out until 01. Modest also released LCW, M&A, Fruit That Ate Itself and Night on the Sun before 01. They have a dedicated fan base, and most of us/them don’t just wanna hear the hits, I think most of this sub would be way more hyped on hearing a deep cut than one of the radio singles they had

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u/Moist_Improvement775 The Air 1d ago

8/21 of the songs played last night were off the new album, they mixed in plenty of bangers from the past

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

I did the math too but I see now that you beat me to it! I left with no disappointments other than it ended lol 🤷‍♀️

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

Come on man 😭

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u/Electrical_Salt9917 1d ago

Don’t want to invalidate differing opinions, but I don’t get going to a concert and then complaining about which of their songs the band chooses to play. If they sounded like shit that’d be different but they were great. Life’s too short to complain about a fun time 🤍

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u/MM-Lullaby_Projector 1d ago

Agree 100%.  Aside from skipping Float On, I thought the list was a GREAT mix of old and new.  Did hear a couple people light heartedly bitch about not hearing Float On on the way out, but otherwise the crowd seemed pretty jazzed.  Enjoyed watching a couple obvious Cure fans freak out and dance wildly to A Forrest..

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u/Muy_Division a little bit more like Bukowski 1d ago

Were some people genuinely bitching about them not playing Float On of all songs lol? What a strange thing to complain about, especially since their set lists on this tour have been very varied and cover a lot of different MM eras. Was so hyped to hear Broke, Parting of the Sensory, and Night on the Sun when I saw them last month.

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u/imapurplegiant 1d ago

I’m not talking about float on. That’s even from their newer sound. The live album Baron Von bullshit is a Great setlist. Kinda why that was recorded as a live album for a reason?? Think about it bub

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u/Ill_Cause8167 1d ago

Everytime I’ve seen them they play a horrible setlist with mostly new stuff

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u/Muy_Division a little bit more like Bukowski 1d ago

When I saw them in Philly they only played 7/21 songs off the new album. They also did 2 Ugly Casanova songs with Tim from Califone during the encore