ARTS- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 6, 2004 - 9 Mouse makes Bad News good with latest I SHORT TAKE S By Joel Hoard Daily Arts Writer Isaac Brock, Modest Mouse's eccentric, neu- rotic, death-obsessed front man, established him- self as indie rock's resident Woody Allen years ago, and the band's latest album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, further cements his title. Brock's fixation on mortality is still present, but Modest Mouse's brand of acid-fried indie is jumpier and more anxious than ever before. Deviating sharply from 2000's brooding and plaintive The Moon & Antarctica, Good News takes the rock-heavy Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News Epic accessible song since Crowded West's "Polar Opposites." Over a lilting guitar riff and dreamy atmospherics, Brock shouts and lisps his way through quirky lyrics such as "I backed my car into a cop car the other day / Well, he just drove off, sometimes life's OK." Brock's love for absurdist humor and oddball lyrics is on display throughout Good News, espe- cially on "The Devil's Workday," a tongue-in- cheek take-off of Tom Waits's bleak New Orleans death marches. The song features low, belching brass, twangy banjo and bleating trumpets. All the while Brock bellows out strange, witty lines like "Gonna take this sack of puppies and set it out to freeze / Gonna climb around on all fours till the blood falls out my knees" and the nonsen- sical chorus of "All the people that you know floating in the river are logs." But Brock also shows a sober side on songs such as the serene "Blame It on the Tetons." With a backdrop of slow and subdued acoustic guitar, Brock's somber lyrics and surprisingly endearing vocals make the singer sound uncharacteristically vulnerable. Throughout Good News, the marks of produc- ers Dennis Herring and Dave Fridmann are noticeable. Herring and Fridmann create a clean- er and crisper sound through refined guitar tones and denser arrangements without sacrificing IRON & WINE OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS SUB POP Rock bands have gimmicks; so do solo musicians. Simon & Garfunkel constantly played off their duo status, and Bob Dylan sought to emulate James Dean and Woody Guthrie. Even Sufjan Stevens, creator of some of the most honest new music, debuted with a collection of songs about his home state of Michigan. If Iron & Wine's Sam Beam is working a schtick, he does it pretty damn well - there's no overt guile or elaborate conceptual ideas on his latest release, Our Endless Numbered Days. After hearing tapes of Beam's acoustic home recordings, Sub Pop asked him for material to make an album. Moving from his living room to the recording studio to make Days, Beam was able to maintain the pure, poignant sound that brought his homemade debut The Creek Drank the Cradle such acclaim. With Days, Beam has lent varia- tion to the typical acoustic formula. He usually combines only two ele- ments, acoustic guitar and vocals, but occasionally doubles guitar lines and accent changes with lithe, unimposing percussion. Tracks like "On Your Wings" and "Cinder and Smoke" simultaneously prickle and soothe listeners. "Naked As We Came" and "Sunset and Soon For- gotten" move in a sweeter vein, but Beam's lyrics and the combination of twangy guitar and the light rasp of his voice lend an intimate mood to the whole album. Lurking behind larger musical connections, Beam's songs accentu- ate highly emotional moments with- out sappiness or overt manipulation. This music inspires personal growth, quickly or by tiny increments, by finding consort with listeners' emo- tions. When music touches your soul this easily and tenderly, it doesn't matter whether the musician's inten- tions are pure or not - the music is convincing enough. ***I -Alexandra Jones sound of 1997's Lonesome Crowded West and updates it with refined production and an eclectic array of instruments that includes organs, strings, accordion, whistles and glockenspiel. To be sure, Modest Mouse are still a guitar-centric group, but the new assortment of instruments adds an ele- ment of depth that was previously lacking. Good News's centerpiece is the shimmering "Float On," Modest Mouse's catchiest and most Modest Mouse's characteristic sloppiness and rawness. Brock's unmistakable, lispy whine and jittery guitar style remain distinct and untouched. If Isaac Brock is indie rock's Woody Allen, then Good News for People Who Love Bad News is his "Annie Hall." 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