Modest Mouse closed out their fall tour on Wednesday night time on the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The present featured the band taking part in their 2000 album The Moon & Antarctica in its entirety, in addition to a gap set by fellow Pacific Northwest indie-rock darlings Constructed to Spill.
Constructed to Spill, led by its solely fixed member Doug Martsch, took the stage at 8 p.m., and performed a 50-minute career-spanning set, full of prolonged jams. Though bassist Melanie Radford and drummer Teresa Esguerra have solely been within the band since 2019, they’ve developed a pleasant musical vibe with Martsch, who devoted the set nearer “Automobile” to Modest Mouse in recognition of the present being the final gig on the joint tour.
At roughly 9:30 p.m., Modest Mouse walked out onstage and jumped proper into the infectious “third Planet,” the lead observe on on The Moon & Antarctica. From there, frontman Isaac Brock and firm carried out the whole LP in sequential order, together with standout songs like “Gravity Rides Every little thing,” “A Totally different Metropolis,” and the raucous album nearer, “What Individuals Are Made Of.”
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On the conclusion of the full-album set, the band walked offstage, and remained out of sight for a very good a number of minutes, earlier than returning for an encore. Right here’s the place Brock and his bandmates combined issues up, straying from the written setlist, and taking part in “Child Blue Sedan” by viewers request. A canopy of The Treatment’s “A Forest” adopted, resulting in favorites “Fuck Your Acid Journey,” “Ocean Breathes Salty,” “King Rat,” and the closing quantity, “Bukowski.”
Whereas there have been probably some first-timers dissatisfied in not listening to the ever-present “Float On,” it was clear the vast majority of the group was thrilled with seeing Modest Mouse carry out one in every of their greatest albums in celebration of its twenty fifth anniversary, together with quite a lot of different classics. Isaac Brock’s voice sounded sturdy inside the stunning acoustics of the dome-like Capitol Theatre, whereas the remainder of the band was in prime type.
The Port Chester present put a wrap on Modest Mouse’s 2025 touring, however followers can catch the band headlining their very own Ice Cream Floats cruise, that includes Portugal. The Man, David Cross, Model Pussy, and extra. The ship units sail from Miami on February fifth.
See our pictures, together with fan-filmed video, and the setlist from Modest Mouse’s present on the Capitol Theatre beneath.
Modest Mouse Setlist:
The Moon & Antarctica Full Efficiency:
third Planet
Gravity Rides Every little thing
Darkish Heart of the Universe
Good Disguise
Tiny Cities Made from Ashes
A Totally different Metropolis
The Chilly Half
Alone Down There
The Stars Are Projectors
Wild Packs of Household Canines
Paper Skinny Partitions
I Got here as a Rat
Lives
Life Like Weeds
What Individuals Are Made Of
Encore:
Child Blue Sedan
A Forest (The Treatment cowl)
Fuck Your Acid Journey
Ocean Breathes Salty
King Rat
Bukowski
