Well, we'll float on, good news is on the way

On the way out to the Desert party, windows down, a new song played over and over again. Probably played it 80 times over hours. I'm not exagerrating.

Maybe it's the sunshine, maybe it's the pills, maybe it's just the anthem under my skin. Hot damn.

More blog entries, and stories, and scandals and new additions to the family to come. (No, not in *that* way.)

And don't worry, even if things end up a bit too heavy, we'll all float on. Don't you worry, we'll all float on, alright?

Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News: Pitchfork Review: "'The World at Large' is followed by the first single from Good News, the awe-inspiring 'Float On'. Like The Moon & Antarctica's 'Paper Thin Walls', this song seems fundamentally different from almost everything Modest Mouse has released to date. In the past, even the band's upbeat songs have essentially been sped-up dirges, due in no small part to former drummer Jeremiah Green's restless, serpentine drum patterns. On 'Float On', new drummer Benjamin Weikel more than pulls his weight, his simple but inventive playing affording the song an anthemic character never before realized by the band. This anthemic side of 'Float On' reaches its apex in the song's fist-pumping finale, as numerous voices join in to sing/speak the chorus."