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  • Track: The Good Times Are Killing Me
  • Artist: Modest Mouse
  • Album: Good News for People Who Love Bad News


Emotional resonance is a funny thing.

Every time I listen to this track I’m not certain which direction it’s going;  It shoves the headspace sideways and to the left and back again, leaving it without a clear idea of what constituted a personal sea level.

To be frank, the entire discography of this band can be described that way.  Were I feeling indier-than-thou, I’d call it a refusal-to-pander.  But I’m not.  So, I’ll just say that this track makes me a little dizzy somewhere buried pretty deep under the extraneous detritus of grey matter.