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Played: 2026-03-19
Released 11 March 2026 on Glacial Pace — first new Modest Mouse music in five years, since The Golden Casket (2021). Runs just under two minutes. Features Janet Weiss (formerly of Sleater-Kinney, currently of Quasi) on drums. Frontman Isaac Brock: 'Look how far we haven't come / Oh my god we're so fucking dumb.' Coincides with the band's 30th anniversary year; further new music expected in 2026. Brock is the sole original member following drummer Jeremiah Green's death in December 2022. The band recently staged their first-ever concert cruise, Ice Cream Floats, in February 2026, with Portugal. The Man, Kurt Vile, and Mannequin Pussy.
Played: 2026-04-30 (Segment 1) (new release)
Modest Mouse formed in Issaquah, Washington in 1992, led by Isaac Brock. Key records include The Moon & Antarctica (2000) and Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004). "Picking Dragons' Pockets" was released 23 April 2026. Placement: third in the opening segment, sustaining the drift of the atmospheric open before the shift up in Segment 2.
Played: 2026-07-09 (moment in history)
"Float On" is the huge crossover single from Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004) — arguably Modest Mouse's most recognisable song. This Dan the Automator remix version appears on the album's 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition, giving a familiar song a different production texture for listeners who know the original well. The band's name comes from Virginia Woolf's 1917 short story "The Mark on the Wall," which uses "modest, mouse-coloured people" to describe ordinary, everyday individuals.