Modest Mouse is an American alternative band. The band was formed in 1993 in issaquah, Washington, USA by guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. Since being signed to Sony's Epic Records in 2000, the band has attained significant popular success with songs such as Float On, Dashboard and Missed the Boat. Brock came up with the name "Modest Mouse" when he read the Virginia Woolf stream of consciousness essay The Mark On the Wall in which the author described the working middle class as "modest, mouse-coloured people." Brock frequently moved around with his mother when he was a child. Around this time, his mother left his father for his father's brother (Brock's uncle). Brock's mother's house flooded and forced them to move into his mother's new husband's trailer, but there was no room for Brock. Brock stayed behind, living in the second story of the flooded house, until he was eventually evicted by
| 1 | Bankrupt on Selling | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 2 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 3 | I Came as a Rat | The Moon & Antartica |
| 4 | Custom Concern | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 5 | From Point A To Point B (Infinity) | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 6 | Made Everyone Happy/Mechanical Birds | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 7 | Dashboard | We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank |
| 8 | I Came as a Rat | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 9 | Convenient Parking | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 10 | Long Distance Drunk | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 11 | Talking Shit About A Pretty Sunset | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 12 | Doin' the Cockroach | Lonesome Crowded West |
| 13 | Tundra/Desert | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 14 | Novocain Stain | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to T |
| 15 | Tiny Cities Made of Ashes | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 16 | Swy | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 17 | Alone Down There | The Moon And Antarctica |
| 18 | Think Long | Sad Sappy Sucker |
| 19 | The Stars Are Projectors | The Moon & Antartica |
| 20 | Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice On Ice, Alright | The Lonesome Crowded West |