Man Man sounds like childlike, sea-faring schizophrenia and Issac Brock from Modest Mouse sounds like full on dementia. Brilliant at times and unintelligible at others; certain moments find him delicately drifting through starlight, but in the next song Brock’s yelps and barbaric yawps break under his over exertion. The majority of the show felt thick in this energy and only rarely broke from this track. To behave this way makes the members of both bands seem more like characters from a dark novel instead of real people hailing from Washington state and Philadelphia.
The performances of both bands at the Egyptian Room were solid and I was happy to have seen them. Man Man was more of a “You’ve got to see this” experience, exploding through song after song dressed in white t-shirts and pants with neon war-painted faces.
I’ve been a fan of Modest Mouse for years, though, and
wanted to see them recreate their songs live. The played a good mix of b-sides and new releases, although I’d have been happy if they only played songs from The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica. The varied set list covered all the bases anyway, and the two bands set the stage ablaze with their antics and wild music.
Modest Mouse - Beauty samples
Modest Mouse - Crazy samples
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