Modest Mouse played to a sold out crowd at The Met in Philadelphia, PA on 8/5/21. The band are currently on an extensive US summer and fall tour in support of their new album, The Golden Casket. This was my first time at The Met and my first time seeing Modest Mouse live since 1999. It felt amazing being in the photo pit for this show.
Anyway, tickets for upcoming Modest Mouse shows can be purchased at modestmouse.com/#tour. Also be sure to check the Official Modest Mouse Website for music, videos, merch, and all upcoming tour dates. Continue reading below for my full concert review and more photos from the performance. All images copyright and courtesy of Andy Jillson.
Modest Mouse opened their set with the song “Dramamine” and I couldn’t have been happier. It is one of my personal favorite songs by Modest Mouse and among the first I ever heard. Amazing. The venue was sold out at its full-capacity and the fans in attendance were having communal catharsis.
I too was having a bit of a catharsis in the photo pit due to my overwhelming sense of happiness and joy. Other favorites they played included “Cowboy Dan,” “Gravity Rides Everything,” “Satin In A Coffin,” “Float On,” “Paper Thin Walls,” and “I Came As A Rat.”
The band are playing additional August shows in Cooperstown, New Haven, Brooklyn, DC, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Missoula, Portland, and Bend (Oregon). Buy a ticket ASAP. They’re selling out fast!
Modest Mouse resumes their tour at Marymoor Park in Seattle on September 11 with support from Future Islands. The band then visits San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles and Sandy (Utah) later in September before teaming with Future Islands at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 28.
The Golden Casket marks Modest Mouse’s seventh full-length studio album and first since 2015’s Strangers To Ourselves. Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee produced the 12-track LP which was recorded in Los Angeles and at the group’s Portland, Oregon studio. “[‘Leave A Light On’] finds Brock navigating the existential threat of losing our humanity – and the interconnectedness that come with it – amidst a constant societal barrage of physical and digital materialism,” as per a press release.
Below are more shots from Modest Mouse’s performance at The Met in Philadelphia, PA on 8/5/21. All images copyright and courtesy of Andy Jillson/Hazy Eye Media. Enjoy!
Stream Modest Mouse’s new album, The Golden Casket, on Spotify: