The Golden Casket vinyl

Modest Mouse have clearly got their hurry up driver under control. Finally. After putting out three albums in just five years, records that sucked listeners into vastness and refused to release them, the outfit are now on something of a go-slow. 2015's Strangers to Ourselves took eight years of toil to complete. And this follow up is the first we've had since, with more than half a decade passing between the two.

So is it worth the wait? Well yes, we'd say definitely, although it's a different beast to so much that has come before. Guitars are noteworthy in their frequent absence, while old time-y instruments are here in abundance. Banjos, melodicas, vibraslaps and spacephones are all credited. Nevertheless, it's still that full-bodied indie rock experience we've always loved them for.