Tom Dunne's Music & Me: Modest Mouse and an unashamed apathy towards The Smiths

A recent chat with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse inevitably led to discussions of alien life and Johnny Marr

Fri, 18 Jun, 2021 - 08:30

Tom Dunne is a music-lover extraordinaire who, as well as presenting radio and TV shows, can also be seen in the wild as the lead singer with Something Happens.

They are out there. It’s only a matter of where, how far away and how much more advanced. I reckon they are many, very far away and ridiculously more advanced. The big mystery will be their music tastes. I am confident there are morose teens, probably male, in the Coma Cluster right now whose lives could use a little Smiths.

The undeniable existence of alien life crashed, UFO like, into an interview I was doing this week with Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. I am a major fan. I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard their 2004 single Float On. I still think it is one of the best tracks of the 21st century.