Now that the final Soundscan numbers are trickling in, it looks as though today will soon be officially declared Modest Mouse Day–not only here at the Idolator flophouse, but around the world (Bush will speak on the matter at noon, and aides say the President will confess that he finds Johnny Marr’s “way too subtle to pinpoint”). In further celebration of all things Brock, i guess i’m floating has an MP3 of “King Rat,” the new vinyl-only B-side from the We Were Dead… sessions:
Modest Mouse – King Rat (vinyl rip) [MP3, link expired]




















It’s No. 1 with 128,564 copies scanned. Damn, who knew it’d be that high?
@The Shit Disturber: I did, thankyouverymuch. And 29 other Idolator poll-takers.