Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks [EP]

Modest Mouse

Product Details

• Vinyl (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: September 25, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00005OAIY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #413,442 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, an eight-song EP from Modest Mouse, is a mellow affair. The release combines old tracks from Night on the Sun (an out-of-print vinyl-only EP), remixes, and outtakes from the The Moon and Antarctica sessions along with a couple new songs. "Willful Suspension of Disbelief" is a sedated intro that didn't make it onto Moon, but it sets the perfect tranquil mood to introduce this disc. Although the new track "You're the Good Things" builds intensity with quickening drumbeats and front man Isaac Brock's tension-filled vocals, most of the songs on this album float in a dreamier state. "The Air"--producer Brian Deck's remix of several Moon tracks collaged together--is a woozy instrumental jam that enters experimental, electronic territory. Brock gets sensitive on "So Much Beauty in Dirt," exclaiming that there's "so much beauty it could make you cry" over stripped-down guitars and subtle psychedelic effects. While Brock's distinct vocal and guitar style makes this most definitely a Modest Mouse product, Everywhere is a relaxed evolution for Modest Mouse, a drift down the indie-rock back roads, an Americana-meets-post-rock revisioning of their old sound. --Jennifer Maerz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pale Moon and Antartica, but still satisfies, October 4, 2001

By	Mitch Manger (Phoenix in Flames) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (Audio CD)

This album is the softest Modest Mouse EP or LP I've ever heard. Understandable, because most of these are outtakes from Moon and Antarctica. To keep this short, there is only typical one anthemic song on this EP, and that is Night on the Sun. It's good. Most of the tracks run around 4 minutes, which is relatively short for Modest Mouse. But most of the songs are good. Only one complaint: track 5: The Air. It's MM fooling around with effects in the studio basically, and unlike how in some songs it gets them somewhere, in this one it doesn't. However, everything else is a gem. Buy it especially if you have extra cash or you can find it used, and buy it if your a medium to extreme fan of Modest Mouse. But otherwise, go for LCW, MandA, or This is A Long Drive before you get this...Overall: Very Good, not spectacular.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Music for a Rainy Winter, July 18, 2004

By	R. Liddell (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (Audio CD)

It cracks me up that "purist" Modest Mouse fans give this album a lower rating because it isn't like Building Something Out of Nothing or A Long Drive or Lonesome Crowded West or Moon Over Antartica. To me, that's like complaining that Radiohead's The Bends isn't anything like Pablo Honey or that Kid A isn't anything like OK Computer. What makes Modest Mouse and Radiohead awesome bands is that they experiment with sounds while still staying true to their own creative direction. Their sounds change. If you want Modest Mouse to keep re-releasing versions of Lonesome then I say you don't really appreciate the full scope of their music.

On Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks, Modest Mouse sounds like they're playing a small club on a mellow Thursday night in the middle of a Northwest rainy winter, not tearing up The Showbox on a sweaty Saturday night in the heat of summer. The two gems are Night on the Sun and Here It Comes, although every song is fantastic with one notable exception: #5. This is a bit of a stinker. I skip it every time because it sounds like filler. That said, the stripped down sound and slower tempo of this album is a striking contrast to other MM albums, and equally satisfying.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everywhere and his Nasty Parlour Tricks, May 14, 2005

By	Brian Contratto "Brian" (San Diego, California//Duke University) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks (Audio CD)

The great thing about Modest Mouse is that they change their style so constantly, yet unequivocally maintain the music that makes them modest mouse. They range from the consistently brooding Moon and Antarctica, the psychadelic Lonesome Crowded West, the lyrically genius Building Nothing out of Something, and a mix of all three
This CD i would consider a "sampler" since it draws from different Modest Mouse cd's...A more varied CD, and good for a fan to test out to see if they will like modest mouse.