Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica

"In 1999, Modest Mouse headed to Chicago to record their major-label debut for Epic Records. Amid the crushing expectation to deliver a commercially viable record, chants of "sellout!", an inexperienced producer, a half-built studio, and an incomplete group of songs, the band began to put down the basics for a few tracks ... and then Isaac Brock got his face smashed by a stranger in a park. With his mouth wired shut, everyone left town-except Brock and an intern. And there, on a diet of painkillers and booze, a creative alchemy took place that would utterly redefine Modest Mouse, and just maybe indie music at large"--