Modest MouseAn Eraser and a Maze

Jittery, off-kilter guitars and Isaac Brock's yelp still sound like a live wire touching water. This is the band's first full album written after founding drummer Jeremiah Green's death, and grief runs under every hook. 'Picking Dragons' Pockets' opens twitchy and restless; 'Third Side of the Moon' aches without going soft; 'Song About Nothing' turns emptiness into a chant. Loud, cracked, and fully alive. Put it on and let it rattle the room.