Modest Mouses The Moon & Antarctica

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In 1999, Modest Mouse headed to Chicago to record their major-label debut for Epic Records. Amid the crushing expectation of delivering a commercially viable record, chants of sellout!, a completely inexperienced producer, a half-built studio, and an incomplete group of songs, the band began to put down the basics for a few tracks and then Isaac Brock got his face smashed by a stranger in a park. With his mouth wired shut, everyone left townexcept Brock and an intern. And there, on a diet of painkillers and booze, a creative alchemy took place that would utterly redefine Modest Mouse, and just maybe indie music at large. This is a story that begins with a Fuck You, Cowboy! and a broken jaw, and ends with Isaac Brock ripping the wires from his mouth in a hotel room with a Leathermanand, of course, hands-down one of the greatest records ever made (NME).

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Zachary Petit is an independent journalist and editor. Previously, he served as editor-in-chief of the National Magazine Awardwinning publication PRINT, was managing editor of Writers Digest, and was executive editor of several related newsstand titles. He has written for Smithsonian, McSweeneys Internet Tendency, National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Mental_Floss, and Eye on Design, among others. He is the author of The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing (2015) and Treat Ideas Like Cats (2016).