{"id":2383020,"date":"2026-04-21T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2383020"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:47:28","slug":"modest-mouse-announce-new-album-an-eraser-and-a-maze-with-eccentric-new-song-picking-dragons-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/modest-mouse-announce-new-album-an-eraser-and-a-maze-with-eccentric-new-song-picking-dragons-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Modest Mouse announce new album &#8216;An Eraser And A Maze&#8217; with eccentric new song \u2018Picking Dragon\u2019s Pockets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/modest-mouse\">Modest Mouse<\/a> have announced a new album, \u2018An Eraser And A Maze\u2019, and shared the eccentric track \u2018Picking Dragon\u2019s Pockets\u2019. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/modest-mouse-isaac-brock-the-golden-casket-johnny-marr-nirvana-krist-novoselic-2973297\">Modest Mouse on their most hopeful album yet: \u201cI found optimism \u2013 because I needed it\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their eighth studio album will also mark their first in five years \u2013 following on from 2021\u2019s \u2018The Golden Casket\u2019 \u2013 and is due for release on June 5 via Glacial Pace Recordings.<\/p>\n<p>So far, they\u2019ve shared one track, \u2018Look How Far\u2019, which has now been followed up with the high-octane opening song \u2018Picking Dragon\u2019s Pockets\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The track opens with a grating, captivating guitar riff, before unfolding into a glitchy, optimistic anthemic chorus that sees the band pick apart a manipulative, self-destructive world.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Modest Mouse - Picking Dragons&#039; Pockets (Official Visualizer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SL8JuRgEajs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018An Eraser And A Maze\u2019 was produced by frontman Isaac Brock, as well as Jackknife Lee (U2, The Killers), Suzy Shinn (Weezer, panic at the disco), and Justin Raisin (Charli xcx, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty). Per a press release, it sonically captures every era of the band.<\/p>\n<p>While 2021\u2019s \u2018The Golden Casket\u2019, attempted to find silver linings in the post-pandemic world, Brock says of the themes for this record: \u201cFor this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen. Even though every goddamn musician says that when they put out a record. I mean, go ahead and listen to the three-minute mark of any interview between a musician and Terry Gross \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThoughts, emotions, feelings, all that stuff \u2026 you\u2019re like the soup, and it\u2019s not always easy to pick out the ingredients. I don\u2019t dwell on things much. I don\u2019t grieve much. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019m a person. I feel like I should have more feelings than I do. But then, you know, I\u2019ll sing stuff. And I\u2019m like, Oh, there it is. Oh \u2014 it\u2019s in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXZQX7ylCV7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Modest Mouse\u2019s \u2018An Eraser And A Maze\u2019 tracklist is:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. \u2018Picking Dragon\u2019s Pockets\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>2. \u2018Remember Yourself\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>3. \u2018Life\u2019s A Dream\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>4. \u2018Third Side Of The Moon\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>5. \u2018Dogbed in Heaven\/Give It A Skeleton\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>6. \u2018Interlude\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>7. \u2018I Can\u2019t Talk Right Now\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>8. \u2018Speak \u2018N Spell\u2019 (Or Not)<\/strong><br \/><strong>9. \u2018Rotten Fruit\u2019 (feat. Justin Raisin)<\/strong><br \/><strong>10. \u2018Knocked Down By Waves\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>11. \u2018Absolutely Necessary Never\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>12. \u2018Song About Nothing\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>13. \u2018Stoner Party\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>14. \u2018Look How Far\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>15. \u2018Impossible Somedays\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Modest Mouse&#039;s Isaac Brock on Johnny Marr, new music and touring with The Cribs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dk-eZX4JKkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In other news, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bonnaroo-announce-2026-line-up-the-strokes-turnstile-skrillex-noah-kahan-and-more-3915139\">Modest Mouse are set to play<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/bonnaroo\">Bonnaroo<\/a> on Sunday, June 14 this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modest Mouse have announced a new album, \u2018An Eraser And A Maze\u2019, and shared the eccentric track \u2018Picking Dragon\u2019s Pockets\u2019. 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