Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green has called it
quits after 10 years with the band. Though you may be saying
“…but they only just got Gallucci back!”, I urge you to get
one of those desk calendars, as that was nigh on a year ago.

So I’m thinking maybe it’s time for Modest Mouse to just throw
in the towel? The amount I like their albums is inversely
proportional to the order in which they came out (though
I do like them all).

Word on the street is that Jeremiah is now going to be dedicating more
time to his other band, Vells (I don’t think there’s a ‘The’),
whose Phil Ek-produced s/t EP was recently released by
Luckyhorse Industries.

Insound describes the album thusly:

“If Roy Orbison and The Kinks played Led Zeppelin songs, it might sound
something like this. Call it Elf Metal.”

Update: I don’t know who the ad wizards were that came up with that Elf-Metal line, but’s it’s way off. The album’s definitely Elephant-Sixy, kinda little Nineteen SixtySixy, but not really at all SixSixSixy. It’s just a decent, solid EP of 60’s-ish Indie Pop.