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Cold Hands [CD-single] [Import]
Gunnar de Frumerie: Pastoral Suite; Songs; Chaconne; Trio No. 2
I Love Disco: Diamonds Collection V.26 [Limited Edition] [Import]
Frequent Flyer: Bombay [Enhanced]
Great Voices of the 50's, Vol. II
Great Moments [Original recording remastered]
Dust to Dust [Explicit Lyrics]
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Frontman Isaac Brock's claim that he's being stalked by his own alter ego was not the first bit of evidence that Modest Mouse isn't your usual pop band. Witness the entirety of this 1996 indie debut from the Washington trio that inspired a major-label bidding war. This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About finds Brock cruising with cohorts Eric Judy and Jeremiah Green (plus an occasional cellist) through a landscape of intoxicatingly original lo-fi tunes. Sure, Brock's early vocals make Nikki Sudden sound like one smooth crooner, but their strained quality offset the primitive elegance of his guitar work, giving a passionate vulnerability to "Breakthrough," "Custom Concern," and other treatises on life in the lost lane. --Bill Forman