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Modest Mouse are selling vintage music gear on Reverb, including Moog synthesisers, a Korg drum machine, a Soursound Audio Custom Amp head, and old Soviet-era equipment.
In a video posted on Reverb’s YouTube channel, frontman Issac Brock admits that he has a habit of stocking up on maybe too much gear, which often gets unused, and now he’s getting rid of over 500 pieces from his massive collection.
The shop launches on September 5, and its description online says that some of this gear has been around the world with Modest Mouse – which now “they’re passing on” to their fans.
Speaking about how he managed to build up such a big collection, Brock said: “I would go down to the music store, and I would just buy anything that looked interesting to me.
“I could just take it back or resell it, but then I wouldn’t do that—I would be like, eh—you’ll have a purpose someday. I’d kind of panic that if I didn’t have a whole bunch of new gadgets and tools to work with, I was gonna make the same songs.”
In the video, Brock said: “A large part of why I decided to clear out some stuff that I even like is because I have option fatigue. If I get interest in something, I get way too interested for a short amount of time. So I ended up buying every shitty drum machine I could possibly find.”
The Modest Mouse Reverb store will feature a Moog Mother-32 and Arp Odyssey, several Fender amplifiers, rare pedals such as the Electro-Harmonix Rhythm-12 and an original MIJ Boss Chorus Ensemble, along with a 50-watt Soursound Audio Custom Amp head, complete with a road case.
Additionally, Modest Mouse is also unpacking three gold Telefunken M80 microphones from various of the band’s tours, Soviet-era items such as a Polivoks Polyvox and two Lell UDS Soviet Analog Drum Synthesizers, Modest Mouse merchandise, stadium seats from a 1956 Elvis concert, and a Moog Voyager XL, which Brock describes in the video as “too nice for me.”
Last month, Modest Mouse announced details of a US tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of ‘Good News For People Who Love Bad News’.
It comes following the band marking the milestone anniversary earlier this year, when they shared a reissue consisting of an expanded edition of the LP – it features eight additional remixes from the likes of MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden (‘The View’), Jacknife Lee (‘Bury Me With It’), Dan the Automator (‘Float On’), and Justin Raisen (‘The Good Times Are Killing Me’).
Running between the end of October and the entirety of November, the Modest Mouse 2024 tour will kick off with an opening night at The Republik in Honolulu on October 28. Any remaining tickets for the US dates can be found here.
OCTOBER
28 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
30 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
NOVEMBER
1 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
2 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
3 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
5 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
6 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
8 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
9 – San Diego, CA @ The Sound
11 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
12 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
13 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater
14 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/16 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
17 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
19 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
20 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Fontaines D.C. have teamed up with Rosalía for their new collaboration, Where Is Gone?.
The song features on the Irish rock band's forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, which arrives on Friday (16.10.26). For guitarist Carlos O’Connell, working with the Spanish superstar is particularly special because of his own Spanish roots.
He explained: “I’ve admired Rosalía ever since her debut album, which I thought was absolutely beautiful.
“What excited me most was the way she continued to preserve Spain's musical traditions, something that felt spiritually connected to what we've been trying to achieve with Irish music. Having roots in both countries, it's been really special to witness. "She's an artist who has continued to amaze me at every point in her career.”
Frontman Grian Chatten has also described the collaboration with Rosalía as one of the most memorable achievements of his career.
He revealed that he felt "humbled" when she agreed to lend her voice to the band's album.
Speaking to NPR, Grian said: “I've always felt there's something almost like a single big idea that I'm personally trying to communicate to the world before I get old and die, if that makes sense. There's one thing I think I'll spend my life trying to express. I have a feeling she has a similar outlook. … I mean, she's an amazing arranger, composer and lyricist. It means so much that she wanted to sing on something we'd put together. It's definitely one of the highlights of my career.”
Rosalía's links to Irish rock music extend beyond Fontaines D.C. She also offered inspiration and helped develop the Spanish lyrics for U2's The Mirror Maker (Rosalía), a track from their forthcoming album, Carnaval de Luz.
During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, she spoke about frontman Bono, saying: “I don't know him personally, but he sent me a text explaining that he was working on a new project and had written a song called The Mirror Maker."
Rosalía joked that Bono had invented a few words of his own.
She recalled telling him: “I wasn't sure what to make of it, but I told him he could create his own language if he wanted to.”
She described the opportunity to collaborate with the 66 year old music veteran as a real privilege.
She added: “Bono is a legend.
“It's amazing.”
Bono recently revealed that he was worried about seeming like a stalker when he reached out to Rosalía to ask whether he could name the song after her.
