Modest Mouse at The Armory

Article and photos by Ryan Ojard

On August 22nd Modest Mouse returned to Minneapolis to play a show at The Armory. After almost two years of pandemic-driven shutdowns, you can imagine how eager fans were to see live music - the venue swelled up fast. 

Isaac BrockWhen the lights lowered there was a roar. The roar grew even louder as front man Isaac Brock and his bandmates took the stage. 

Then, it happened. For the initiated and utmost loyal of fans (myself included) they opened with Dramamine. Opening the show with that song set the tone for the rest of the night.  

Modest Mouse went deep on their set list grabbing from the best of their albums throughout the night.  As the evening came to a close, the highly engaged crowd chanted loud for an encore. As they took the stage the crowd got one of Modest Mouse’s most prolific songs ever, The World at Large.  I’m pretty sure everyone got goosebumps.

They ended the show coming full circle and back to their 1996 album, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, playing Breakthrough. 

Fans left fulfilled. We got a little bit of everything from their 25+ years of making music, and that’s just fine in my book.