Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse moved from the critically acclaimed albums The Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica to mainstream success with 2004's Good News for People Who Love Bad News, propelled by the singles “Float On” and “Ocean Breathes Salty.” The American indie rock band formed in Issaquah, Washington, in 1993 and is now based in Portland, Oregon.

The group's founding lineup paired singer and guitarist Isaac Brock with drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Brock has remained its sole consistent member through numerous personnel changes. Judy left in 2012, while Green died in 2022. Among the band's former members are guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Dann Gallucci, guitarist Johnny Marr of the Smiths, drummer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Plummer, multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, and guitarist Jim Fairchild.

After Good News for People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse released We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank in 2007, which included the single “Dashboard.” The band later issued its sixth album, Strangers to Ourselves, in 2015, followed by The Golden Casket in 2021. Its eighth and latest album, An Eraser and a Maze, arrived in June 2026.