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The Golden Casket

Modest Mouse

The Golden Casket

Seventh album from Isaac Brock's alt rockers working with producers Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
25/06/2021
US Release date
25/06/2021
  1. 10.0 |   NME

    The Pacific Northwesters have turned in a psychedelic pop masterwork that picks up the positivity they first explored with 2004 mega-smash 'Float On'
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    A lively and soulful return
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  3. 9.0 |   XS Noize

    The Golden Casket is probably Modest Mouse’s most accessible album in recent years and a welcomed new release
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  4. 8.5 |   Under The Radar

    Modest Mouse prove they have the staying power to remain atop the indie rock heap with their knack for harnessing a whimsical energy combined with tight little nuggets of sound and various fragments from diverse styles and genres to create something entirely different that is both exciting and fresh
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  5. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    On their seventh album, the band sounds primed for the summer festival season
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  6. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    They once again prove that their staying power is undeniable
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  7. 8.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Modest Mouse still sound as crisp, bright and vigorous as they did twenty-five years ago
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  8. 8.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    An unexpected triumph
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  9. 7.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    Modest Mouse have made gains simply by being themselves. This is comfort food for the well-worn soul
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  10. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    The Golden Casket is the sound of a band reinvigorated, enthusiastically exploring new styles while calling back to the elements that made Modest Mouse’s early work so groundbreaking
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  11. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    The band’s first new album in six years is a procession of pinging, clanging, reverberating tactile pleasures, an inventive backdrop for Isaac Brock’s familiar blend of forced optimism and unforced paranoia
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  12. 7.0 |   All Music

    Modest Mouse's finest work since Good News for People Who Love Bad News
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  13. 7.0 |   Vinyl Chapters

    Overall, The Golden Casket from Modest Mouse is not at all a bad album. Whilst it may take a few listens in order to be fully appreciated, there is a track to suit every musical taste
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  14. 7.0 |   DIY

    Not quite Modest Mouse at their best, but they’re not a million miles away from it, either
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  15. 6.1 |   Paste Magazine

    Band’s first album since 2015 lacks cohesion on 12 new songs
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  16. 5.0 |   Gigwise

    An underwhelming collection of songs
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  17. 5.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Ambitions outweigh songwriting on most of band’s first album in six years
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