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  Welcome back to Revisitation Nation, a series of posts where I talk about band's lesser-loved work and consider whether it deserves a revisit. So far it's a series of one,  starring The Killers . No more will that post be lonely, as today I will discuss Modest Mouse's follow-up to "the album with Float On", We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. To be honest, if I can speak on the future of this series, it's gonna have a lot of the flowchart below going on.  Band floats under the radar in the indie scene releasing critically acclaimed work > Band has a breakout work that actually hits the charts > Band tries to follow it up with mixed results from the public. Unlike Wonderful Wonderful however, I am not writing this with curiosity in mind. I am not writing this with doubt that this is a project perhaps not worth embarking on. I am writing this with full throated praise. If Good News For People Who Love Bad News (aka the album with float on on it) is t...

The Killers are usually defined as a singles band. The Las Vegas based band's debut Hot Fuss produced indie classics "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me", among others. Their follow-up. Sam's Town, was seen as a stronger record overall, with the track "When You Were Young" becoming a staple. Day & Age was less well received, but still produced a huge single in the memeable "Human". Battle Born however, possessed little of note on the charts and critically. After this, the band took a 5 year hiatus, returning in 2017 with Wonderful Wonderful. Since it's release the band have gone from a singles band to an album band, with follow-ups Imploding the Mirage and Pressure Machine receiving glowing reviews, strong sales, and exceptional fan responses. Wonderful Wonderful, in the context of the band's trajectory as a whole, reads as an abberation. Sure, Battle Born had no hits and wasn't particularly well reviewed, but it's ...