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8.3
74062
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Strangers To Ourselves indicates that Modest Mouse isn’t capable of releasing a disappointing record
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8.0
73996
8.0 |
DIY
Bruised and brilliant, idiosyncratic and anthemic, sloppy and heartfelt. It’s an album only Modest Mouse could make
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8.0
74037
8.0 |
Clash
Over the course of fifteen tracks Modest Mouse swerve from one style to the next, a routine that's mirrored by Brock's vocal range
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8.0
74041
8.0 |
Crack
Everything you’ve come to expect from a Modest Mouse album: universal, and completely beguiling
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8.0
73993
8.0 |
The Music
Its strength and depth reflects its relaxed gestation
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8.0
73998
8.0 |
Exclaim
A bold, far-reaching and determined work that continues Brock's journey creating music both accessible and eccentric
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8.0
74002
8.0 |
The FT
Abrasive tones recall Captain Beefheart but solid melodies and rhythms prevent the songs growing too alienating
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8.0
74132
8.0 |
musicOMH
Strangers To Ourselves has emerged in surprisingly good shape, even if it lacks the robust conviction of Modest Mouse’s best work
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8.0
74236
8.0 |
Uncut
Their first since 2007 is a triumph on which they increase the swing and space in their complex punk-funk. Print edition only
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7.5
73992
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Bracingly weird, but also uplifting — Brock is telling you a story he thinks you’ll be smart enough to understand
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7.5
73997
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Its unwieldy stature and combative stance compliments Modest Mouse’s storied discography
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Singer-songwriter Isaac Brock and drummer Jeremiah Green have stuffed Strangers to Ourselves to infinity with textural detail and manic leaps in style
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7.0
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7.0 |
Under The Radar
They never quite hit the peaks of their last two albums, but the result is ultimately a more even experience
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7.0
73994
7.0 |
NME
After two decades, what matters is that Modest Mouse are still taking those risks
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7.0
73990
7.0 |
FasterLouder
It’s a weird and welcoming album, but the 15 songs vary in how satisfying they are over repeated listens
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7.0
74131
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
15 good tracks that don’t amount to a great album
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7.0
74047
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This isn’t quite that fantastic album we wanted and we know – at least hope we know – Brock and company have in them; however, it’s enough to prompt the hope that the axles are greased well enough now to deliver it next time around
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7.0
74076
7.0 |
Paste Magazine
For an album that, like every other Modest Mouse album, rattles on at an extended length, Strangers to Ourselves can desperately afford to trim the fat
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6.5
74523
6.5 |
The 405
There's plenty to like about Strangers to Ourselves; it's just that it genuinely baffles that an LP as sprawling as this can have so many different ideas, and so few new ones
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6.4
74044
6.4 |
Pitchfork
A pleasant album, and one that completes their transition from "inspired" to "sturdy"
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6.2
75044
6.2 |
Earbuddy
Strangers To Ourselves is kind of a letdown
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6.0
74202
6.0 |
State
An opportunity missed by one of indie rock’s most vaunted artists
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6.0
74356
6.0 |
Beardfood
The Mouse have updated their sound, making it bigger and denser. It works and it doesn't
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6.0
74069
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Serves us a steady diet of more post-2000 Modest Mouse. It’s not all bad, but one can’t help but think that this fifteen-track recording is a long album for someone with nothing to say
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6.0
73991
6.0 |
The Skinny
The inclusion of some electronic bleeps’n’bloops aside, it sounds like they never went away
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6.0
73995
6.0 |
The Guardian
The lack of progression is a shame, as the album’s chief lyrical theme – mankind’s disregard for nature – is one that needs hearing
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6.0
74004
6.0 |
The Observer
Repeat listens reveal much to enjoy here, from the off-kilter disco beat of The Ground Walks, With Time in a Box to the quiet beauty of the title track
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6.0
74007
6.0 |
Mojo
A stylistic and textural journal in which almost anybody could be hiding. Print edition only
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6.0
74008
6.0 |
Q
An album going home in an ambulance unless it calms down. Print edition only
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6.0
74015
6.0 |
PopMatters
What’s frustrating about Strangers to Ourselves is that Modest Mouse doesn’t need to wander so far afield on it, not when doing what they do best still works well here
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5.0
74106
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Flashes of contingent weirdness appear throughout the album, and the lyrics remain reliably sardonic, but the band surrenders too often to a prefab pop-rock idiom that isn't entirely their own
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5.0
74048
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
You can listen to it beginning to end without coming across too much that will grate on your nerves, and it’s far and away smarter than 90% of the pop-oriented rock music clogging the airwaves these days
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5.0
74139
5.0 |
Spin
This band has never made an out-and-out bad album, but now it has made an uninspired one
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2.0
74333
2.0 |
NOW
No one is asking Modest Mouse to be timely, and it's frustrating to hear them discard what has made them timeless
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