Released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004,
Good News For People Who Love Bad News offered a unique blend of existential lyricism and innovative soundscapes which helped Modest Mouse break out of the rock underground after more than a decade of existence. The album, which has been certified double platinum for U.S. shipments of 2 million copies, is hailed as an alternative classic on the strength of songs such as the Modern Rock chart-topping, 5-times platinum single “Float On,” the gold-certified “The World At Large” and “Ocean Breathes Salty.”
Good News For People Who Love Bad News was written by Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy and Benjamin Weikel, with additional contributions from Tom Peloso, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and The Flaming Lips. Its success propelled Modest Mouse to new levels of visibility without compromising its hard-won artistic freedom, which was no small feat at a time when many once-independent acts were creatively waylaid after signing to major labels.
The band previously shared the video for “The World At Large/Stiff Animal Fantasy,” directed by Jason Foster and Isaac Brock. It was previously only available on the DVD side of the Good News For People Who Love Bad News DualDisc and has been up-rezzed to HD. Watch HERE.
Also up-rezzed to HD and available to watch from the aforementioned DualDisc DVD is a 5-minute interview piece titled “Schoolhouse Brock – Modest Mouse On Trial” directed by and featuring Isaac Brock. A must-see, the interview perfectly encapsulates Brock’s penchant for straight-faced dry humor, and features the band’s actual lawyer at the time Dave Frishberg, who was a pianist, vocalist and composer, and well-known for writing and singing the classic Schoolhouse Rock song “I’m Just a Bill.” Watch HERE.
Modest Mouse will tour this summer with Pixies and Cat Power, beginning May 31 in Charleston, S.C. See all dates below.
Good News For People Who Love Bad News: 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition (digital edition) track list:
1. Horn Intro
2. The World At Large
3. Float On
4. Ocean Breathes Salty
5. Dig Your Grave
6. Bury Me With It
7. Dance Hall
8. Bukowski
9. This Devil’s Workday
10. The View
11. Satin in a Coffin
12. Interlude (Milo)
13. Blame it on the Tetons
14. Black Cadillacs
15. One Chance
16. The Good Times Are Killing Me
17. The World At Large (Enough Love to Kill Us All/Jeremy Sherrer Remix) * ^
18. Float On (Dan the Automator Remix) * ^
19. Ocean Breathes Salty (Poolside Remix) * ^
20. Bury Me With It (Jacknife Lee Remix) * ^
21. Bukowski (Congleton/Godbey Remix)
22. The View (Andrew VanWyngarden Remix) *
23. One Chance (Dennis Herring Remix) * ^
24. The Good Times Are Killing Me (Justin Raisen Remix) *
* Brand new / previously unreleased remix
^ Included on vinyl
Modest Mouse with Pixies and Cat Power:
05-31 Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
06-01 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
06-02 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
06-04 Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
06-05 Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
06-07 Pittsburgh, OH – Stage AE*
06-08 Toronto, Ontario – Budweiser Stage
06-09 Laval, Quebec – Place Bell
06-11 Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
06-12 Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann
06-14 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
06-15 Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
06-16 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
06-18 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
06-19 Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
06-20 Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company
06-22 Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field
06-23 Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
06-24 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
06-26 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
06-27 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
06-28 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
06-30 Greenwood Village, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
*Modest Mouse headlining set w/ Cat Power supporting
