i saw modest mouse last night at the 9:30 club for their lonesome crowded west tour and it was SO so so good. this is my second time seeing them (once before at the merriweather in like ‘16 or ‘17 which was good, but also one of those big production spectacles and ive since just learned personally i only really like small club type shows, and 9:30 club is just like. My perfect venue between the size and the fact DC is only an hour and a half away in traffic tops lol) and it was just. mwah. chef’s kiss. I was kind of worried cause id been seeing things on reddit that issac Brock was sick of the album by now and was very clearly not into it but he was SUPER into it last night to the point he was hoarse by his last song and he even was giving out handshakes to people at the front of the crowd end. they played positive and negative for the encore. brock hit a water bottle w his guitar. he screamed into his guitar and played into the amp it was just. It was so good