{"id":143540,"date":"2026-02-04T16:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143540\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:33:08","slug":"modest-mouse-brings-deep-cuts-to-intimate-miami-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/143540\/","title":{"rendered":"Modest Mouse Brings Deep Cuts to Intimate Miami Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClad in a yellow trucker’s hat, started his hollering in fine form promptly at nine when he pulled out a bullhorn to scream\/sing the opening lines of “March into the Sea”.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Photo by David Rolland<\/p>\n

Like any band that has been around for over three decades, Modest Mouse<\/a> has undergone many iterations. They started out as a tight indie rock <\/a>trio, then found their greatest success in the mid-2000\u2019s when they expanded into a huge mob with a fiddle, upright bass, and horns. Now, as they\u2019re set to embark on their first-ever Modest Mouse cruise<\/a> departing this week from the Port of Miami, they decided to split the difference with a six-member ensemble that took the stage Tuesday night for the first of two relatively intimate sold-out shows at ZeyZey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The throughline for Modest Mouse, since they started thirty-odd years ago in Issaquah, Washington, is the manic nonstop energy of frontman Isaac Brock. Clad in a yellow trucker\u2019s hat, he started his hollering in fine form promptly at nine when he pulled out a bullhorn to scream\/sing the opening lines of \u201cMarch into the Sea\u201d. It was amazing how many nautical-themed songs they could pull out in \u201cMissed the Boat\u201d, \u201cthe Whale Song\u201d, and \u201cBarnacles\u201d, while perhaps still saving \u201cOcean Breathes Salty\u201d and \u201cDramamine\u201d for the cruise.\u00a0When they took a short break, leaving the stage midway through the set, they even had the loudspeaker play the Jaws theme song.<\/p>\n

This was a show (or a dress rehearsal, as Brock called it a few songs in) for Modest Mouse obsessives as they pulled out a lot of deep cuts through the two-hour, twenty-one-song set, including a pair of songs in \u201cBarnacles\u201d and \u201cThings I Don\u2019t Remember\u201d from the Brock side project Ugly Casanova.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"PhotoThey got their biggest hit, \u201cFloat On,\u201d out of the way five songs into the night. <\/p>\n

They got their biggest hit, \u201cFloat On,\u201d out of the way five songs into the night, with a cruise-ship-fitting emphasis on the steel drums, giving the most positive of their tracks a calypso-Caribbean feel.\u00a0 They avoided performing their second most well-known song, \u201cDashboard\u201d, entirely. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if they play a completely different set on Wednesday night at ZeyZey, as one would think they\u2019d need a wide variety of songs for the captive audience who will be cruising to the Dominican Republic with them.<\/p>\n

Even if they do play the same exact show on Wednesday night for those with disposable incomes, it\u2019d be worth returning for a band that last played our corner of the globe back in 2021. Also noteworthy, this was Modest Mouse\u2019s first South Florida show since the death of their original drummer, Jeremiah Green, in 2022. Perhaps to make up for Green\u2019s absence, there were two drummers manning a pair of different drum kits. There were also a guitarist, a bassist, and a multi-instrumentalist who took the stage. One of the highlights was adding a trumpet to \u201cSpitting Venom\u201d to jazz it up. For further instrumental variety, Brock plucked on a banjo while accompanied by an upright bass for the crowd-pleasing cynicism of \u201cBukowski\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoMattress, like Modest Mouse, is based in Portland, Oregon. <\/p>\n

The night started early, a little before 8 p.m., with Mattress, which, like Modest Mouse, is based in Portland, Oregon. Despite their geographic similarity, Mattress couldn\u2019t be more different from Modest Mouse. Mattress is a one-man act who seems more suited to a cruise ship, with his kitschy lounge-singer persona. Wrapped in a gold sequined robe, Mattress danced and shouted, seeming random lyrics about granola and M&M\u2019s. But the audience was kind to him, as they anticipated one of the most beloved indie rock institutions that never disappoints.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Setlist:<\/p>\n

March Into the Sea<\/p>\n

Breakthrough<\/p>\n

Doin\u2019 the Cockroach<\/p>\n

Life Like Weeds<\/p>\n

Float On<\/p>\n

Satellite Skin<\/p>\n

Missed the Boat<\/p>\n

Alone Down There<\/p>\n

Gravity Rides Everything<\/p>\n

Bukowski<\/p>\n

Barnacles<\/p>\n

Middle<\/p>\n

The Whale Song<\/p>\n

Spitting Venom<\/p>\n

Bankrupt on Selling<\/p>\n

Things I Don\u2019t Remember<\/p>\n

Edit the Sad Parts<\/p>\n

Teeth Like God\u2019s Shoeshine<\/p>\n

Broke<\/p>\n

Encore:
Heart Cooks Brain
Fire It Up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clad in a yellow trucker’s hat, started his hollering in fine form promptly at nine when he pulled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1823,225,227,226,2311,12316],"class_list":{"0":"post-143540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-concert-reviews","9":"tag-hialeah","10":"tag-hialeah-headlines","11":"tag-hialeah-news","12":"tag-local-music","13":"tag-touring-artists"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}