Modest Mouse have released a new song, Poison the Well, ahead of their Record Store Day 7. The gritty, static-laced rock number, which has a psychedelic tinge, is the bands first release since their 2015 album Strangers to Ourselves. They previously teased the new music with a series of cryptic puzzles mailed out to fans earlier this month.
Poison the Well, which clocks in at less than two and a half minutes, features the bands signature angular indie rock sound alongside singer Isaac Brocks growling croon. As the track builds, Brock yelps, The medicine makers they are tryin to kill us/Yeah they know what a cure is but they bet thats bad for business.
Modest Mouse will drop the full 7 on April 13 for Record Store Day. It will also include a previously unreleased B-side and will be pressed on triangular mint-green vinyl.
The band will join The Black Keys on tour in North America this fall. The tour, titled Lets Rock, kicks off September 23 at Denvers Pepsi Center and wraps on November 24 at Vancouvers Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena. Tickets are on sale now.