I think the new Modest Mouse song
Dashboard is fantastic. Check it out here:
http://www.modestmousemusic.com/
Modest Mouse: "Dashboard"
> The cleanest, slickest, biggest sounding, most upbeat thing the band has ever released.
- Cokemachineglow
The first single from the new Johnny Marr-enhanced Modest Mouse is so radio-ready, you can almost hear the future Kidz Bop version echoing in the background, a children's chorus taking the place of the disco strings that swell behind Isaac Brock. "Dashboard"'s slinking string lines provide the song's most surprising touch-- though they echo Brock's melody, their fluidity sounds alien in Modest Mouse's world of clanking guitars and metronomic drumming.
- Pitchfork
Did you know Johnny Marr of the Smiths is now a full-fledged member of Modest Mouse?
http://www.stereogum.com/archives/003020.html
According to Brock, Marr’s membership is so unequivocal, he will tour with MM in support of their next record, tentatively titled We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and tentatively due this fall. “He made a cautious commitment to write and record with us, and then the tighter we got, he was like, ‘okay, let’s tour too,’” Brock said. “Then he was pretty much a member of the band - not pretty much. He’s a full blown member of the band. It’s really fata’n nice.”