Subject to it's own Pitchfork documentary, listed in numerous prestigious Best Albums of the 90s lists, and destined to be re-discovered by continuous generations, THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST stands as the defacto Northwest indie-rock record. Originally released in 1997, it not only helped shape the sound that came to be associated with the American Pacific Northwest, but across these sprawling, wide-open 15 songs, Modest House helped redefine what was possible for guitar music. As such, THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST has often been mimicked, but it's awesome open-hearted existentialism and manic ambition has rarely been matched. A modern classic that demands reappraisal.
Track list 15
11.1 Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
21.2 Heart Cooks Brain
31.3 Convienent Parking
41.4 Lounge
51.5 Jesus Christ Was An Only Child
61.6 Doin' the Cockroach
71.7 Cowboy Dan
81.8 Trailer Trash
91.9 Out of Gas
101.10 Long Distance Drunk
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1.11 S*#t Luck
121.12 Truckers Atlas
131.13 Polar Opposites
141.14 Bankrupt on Selling
151.15 Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright