Years before "Float On," Modest Mouse where already putting out great guitar-driven rock music. Later, they would adopt Johnny Marr (of The Smiths) as one of their own, but this album exists as proof that they didn't need him. Loose, angular guitars parade through this release, while Isaac Brock's recognizable yelp takes a back seat compared to the band's later years. "Lounge (Closing Time)" forms the core of the album, a 7-minute jam that shifts its tone in several ways before quietly coming to a rest. "Doin' the Cockroach" plain rocks out, with Brock coming unhinged vocally, to a great effect. Nothing here is as catchy as "Float On," but that song is the outlier for which the band is best-known. The rest of the time, the serve up excellent, quirky guitar rock.
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