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Fruit That Ate Itself [EP]

Modest Mouse (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
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1. Untitled 1
2. The Waydown
3. Untitled 2
4. Dirty Fingernails
5. Sunspots In The House Of The Late Scapegoat
6. The Fruit That Ate Itself
7. Summer

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice little Intorduction to a very promising band Mar 14 2004
By Dan
Format:Audio CD
This EP is the second but official MODEST MOUSE debut (their original intended debut by the name of SAD SAPPY SUCKER was scrapped by K Records and later re-released in light of the band's major label outing). It's a nice little introduction to a promising band. 9 tracks of very appealing emotional indie rock. "The Waydown" is a great track and the lo-fi sludge of "Dirty Fingernails" is amazing. After that the record kind of spaces off and doesn't really go anywhere though..however you can certainly tell the band was headed for bigger and better things. Certainly not their best release.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Punk in a pear tree Dec 8 2003
By Lovisa Gustaffson
Format:Audio CD
Modest Mouse is peerless, and not a pear less. You need this serving from the fruit group. Enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great showcase of old-school Modest Mouse Aug 8 2002
By "dresneer"
Format:Audio CD
Modest Mouse's first two LPs, This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About and The Lonesome Crowded West, bot suffer the same ailment- too long. At about 75 minutes a piece, their brilliance tends to get tedious and, dare I say, boring.

The Fruit that Ate Itself is a 6-song (but 9-track) EP that solves this problem, showing MM at their best before the Age of Epic [Records].

It starts (on track 2) with The Waydown, which is as good and yet conservative as indie rock gets. Dirty Fingernails sounds like it came right off of TIALDFSWNTTA, and is as hypnotic as it is jarring. However, I find the best track to be The Fruit That Ate Itself, with it's very screamy noise, heavy bass, and Latin (Caribbean?) beat. The EP's final track's final line ends the EP so abruptly, you can't help but laugh.

Overall, fans of the first two LPs shouldn't miss this and those who joined in after Moon and Antarctica may want to take a listen to see if old-school MM is right for them. It still remains one of my favorite MM discs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Modest recording...
b/c it is their most consistently good. This is probably b/c it's just an e.p and easier to accomplish. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2000 by Ricechex
4.0 out of 5 stars A definate addition to the collection
This is a conceptual piece most-definately, but one that works and in the long run that is all I am concerned with. Read more
Published on Jun 17 2000 by aLittleEmoGirlFromTheMidwest
3.0 out of 5 stars Not their best
There are two great songs on this EP: "Summer" and "Sunspots", the rest are examples of MM's ability to take a sketchy idea and stretch it out for far too long. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2000
4.0 out of 5 stars the most upbeat thing they've ever done
I hated it when I first heard it, but after I bought the vinyl (for the luscious cover art), it all sank in....and I love this record... Read more
Published on May 25 2000 by regnad_kcin
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Own
Just bought this. Full of pleasant surprises. If upon your first or second listen you don't find yourself bobbing your head with the music or feeling the urge to get up and dance... Read more
Published on Feb 26 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Modest Mouse can eat some froot
I love this band to mass amounts to begin with. "Dirty Fingernails" has to be my favourite on here. There is just something defiant about it. Read more
Published on Dec 8 1999 by "ro0"
5.0 out of 5 stars This EP is GRREEAAT!!!!
This CD is GRREEAAAT!!! If you like Modest Mouse and you haven't heard this you're selling yourself short. Read more
Published on May 9 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars Concept album a great complement to Modest Mouse's career
a 'concept' album consiting of six songs rapped in shortened and distorted versions of themselves, "fruit that ate itself" is a powerful, compact place for modest mouse... Read more
Published on Mar 27 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars this LIVES in my cd player
wow. this ep, by the Mouse from the Quah, is definitely worth listening to. the songs melt in your mouth like cotton candy. the riffs and melodies stick to your brain. Read more
Published on Oct 3 1998
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