Waking Ear

"Float On" -Modest Mouse
"Oh My Golly" -The Pixies

I awoke this morning with "Oh My Golly" streaming through my head. The racing guitar and Black Francis' incoherant, yelping vocals grabbing my morning by the horns and muscling me to work. I get here and I listen to "Float On" by Modest Mouse. Now I can't get this song out of my head. I am really impressed by the new single and am really looking forward to the full album and show in Fort Worth.

For years critics, reviewers, and fans have seen severaly similarities between The Pixies and Modest Mouse. I think it was inspired by Black Francis and Issac Brock's similar vocal styles. The two styles are very different to me (in fact, I think Issac can scream and yell better than Black...but that's just a sidenote) but they have both matured it seems. They don't need to yell as much as they used to to get their points across. Frank Black seems to have moved towards more melody while Issac seems to punch his words out more.

Observations, opinions, and perhaps naive foolishness delivered here on Waking Ear by Schmubb...