Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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What really stands out about The Lonesome Crowded West is this journey it takes you on. Less like a concept album and more like a road trip soundtrack. It meanders between feelings of grinding teeth and soothing calm, love and heartache, hope and despair, with the mood and emotion shifting like tumbleweeds on a gusty day. The words really make you think, with riddle-like complexity at times.
There’s an endearing honesty and authenticity inherent to this album that doesn’t exist in a lot of popular music. It’s similar to a piece of beautiful framed art, sculpture or metalwork that is obviously handmade, due to the fact that it exhibits noticeable imperfections. Perfectly imperfect: The Lonesome Crowded West.”
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Package Details:
- 25th Anniversary Edition of Modest Mouse's Sprawling 1997 Opus
- Lacquers Cut by Bob Weston, Chicago Mastering Service
- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP "Bottom of the Sky" Vinyl
- Listening Notes Booklet by Scott Swayze; Art Print by Violet Aveline
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Video by Richard Edens // @richardedens
Vinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
Get it here: bit.ly/3gzr5rH
What really stands out about The Lonesome Crowded West is this journey it takes you on. Less like a concept album and more like a road trip soundtrack. It meanders between feelings of grinding teeth and soothing calm, love and heartache, hope and despair, with the mood and emotion shifting like tumbleweeds on a gusty day. The words really make you think, with riddle-like complexity at times.
There’s an endearing honesty and authenticity inherent to this album that doesn’t exist in a lot of popular music. It’s similar to a piece of beautiful framed art, sculpture or metalwork that is obviously handmade, due to the fact that it exhibits noticeable imperfections. Perfectly imperfect: The Lonesome Crowded West.”
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Package Details:
- 25th Anniversary Edition of Modest Mouse's Sprawling 1997 Opus
- Lacquers Cut by Bob Weston, Chicago Mastering Service
- Pressed on Exclusive 2LP "Bottom of the Sky" Vinyl
- Listening Notes Booklet by Scott Swayze; Art Print by Violet Aveline
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Video by Richard Edens // @richardedens
Vinyl Me, Please is a monthly record subscription for music lovers, by music lovers. There’s no algorithm: just people picking albums they think everyone should own and care about.
