Indie rock’s favorite Portland pessimists are back with their first new music since 2009’s “No One’s First, And You’re Next” EP.

“Lampshades on Fire” has a polished sound more in line with Modest Mouse’s major-label output than the group’s earlier, more raw material. The track plays like a barreling, downhill counterpart to “The World at Large,” opening with a familiar “ba-da-da-duh-da” refrain and frontman Isaac Brock’s trademark harmonic guitar bends.

Lyrically, “Lampshades” begins as a vindictive blast at wasteful, shallow party culture – the song’s scope gradually expands to encompass humanity’s polluting and destruction of Earth. Classic Modest Mouse.

The new single arrived alongside the announcement of Modest Mouse’s 7^th LP “Strangers to Ourselves,” releasing March 3^rd 2015. You can purchase “Lampshades on Fire” and preorder the upcoming album on iTunes.

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