''Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks'' is a 2001 EP by the
alternative rock
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band
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced ...
. It collects the earlier ''
Night on the Sun
''Night on the Sun'' is an EP by alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released in 1999 as a Japan-only album, again in 2000 as a 12" vinyl in the US and U and was re-issued in 201 The tracks on the Japan's Rebel Beat Factory label were taken f ...
'' EP along with unreleased tracks from the recording sessions for ''
The Moon & Antarctica''.
It was released on
Epic Records
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on September 25, 2001, on both
CD and
vinyl LP
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.
Track listing
All lyrics written by
Isaac Brock
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; all music composed by Isaac Brock,
Eric Judy
Eric Scott Judy is an American musician best known as the original bass guitarist, co-founder, and occasional backing vocalist of the indie rock band Modest Mouse. He departed the group in roughly 2011 or early 20212.
Other work
Judy appea ...
,
Jeremiah Green
Jeremiah Martin Green (March 4, 1977December 31, 2022) was an American musician best known as a founding member and drummer of the indie rock band Modest Mouse from 1993 to March 2003, and again from May 2004 until his death in December 2022.
...
, except where noted.
# "Willful Suspension of Disbelief" – 3:38
# "Night on the Sun" – 7:38
# "3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters" (Brock) – 4:13
# "You're the Good Things" – 3:33
# "The Air" – 4:32
# "So Much Beauty in Dirt" – 1:24
# "Here It Comes" – 3:10
# "I Came as a Rat (Long Walk off a Short Dock)" – 4:36
A short excerpt of "3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters" was used as a sample at the end of ''
The Moon & Antarctica's'' "A Different City".
Personnel
*Isaac Brock – banjo, guitar, vocals, producer, engineer, Fender Rhodes, artwork, mixing
*Jeremiah Green – percussion, drums
*Eric Judy – bass, guitar, keyboards
*Ben Massarella – percussion
*Tyler Riley – fiddle
*Tim Rutili – guitar
*Ben Blankenship – bass
*Brian Deck – arranger, producer, mixing
*Phil Ek – producer
*Tom Baker – mastering
Album charts
References
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Modest Mouse albums
2001 EPs
Epic Records EPs