Modest Mouse Announce Eighth Album 'An Eraser And A Maze' With New Single Picking Dragon's Pockets
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Robin Laananen
Modest Mouse have announced their first new album in five years.
'An Eraser And A Maze', the follow-up to 2021's 'The Golden Casket', will arrive on June 5. It will be their first full-length release for lead singer Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Recordings imprint of Virgin, following over two decades with Epic Records.
The album was produced by Brock, with additional production by Jacknife Lee, Suzy Shinn and Justin Raisin. Brock said: "For this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen. Even though every goddamn musician says that when they put out a record. I mean, go ahead and listen to the three-minute mark of any interview between a musician and Terry Gross …
"Thoughts, emotions, feelings, all that stuff … you're like the soup, and it’s not always easy to pick out the ingredients. I don't dwell on things much. I don't grieve much. I'm not sure I'm a person. I feel like I should have more feelings than I do. But then, you know, I'll sing stuff. And I'm like, Oh, there it is. Oh — it's in there."
The record will include the American indie-rockers' March single Look How Far... and the newly shared opening track, Picking Dragon's Pockets, a punchy and hook-heavy offering that leans into the more choatic edge of their sound, with jagged riffs, synths and crashing percussion.
Modest Mouse will support the LP with a run of previously scheduled North American shows this spring and summer, including a number of US festival appearances and a Washington date supporting My Chemical Romance.
They've also scheduled another leg of North American dates for September and October, with tickets going on general sale at 10am local time on Friday (April 24).
Support on select spring and summer dates will come from Mattress, Sun Atoms, Silver Triplets of the Rio Hondo, Pinback and Mike Watt & The Missing Men, with Caroline Rose joining for their shows from September 29 onwards.
Since their last album, Modest Mouse also released an expanded edition of their 2004 breakthrough album, 'Good News For People Who Love Bad News', in celebration of its 20th anniversary.
'An Eraser And A Maze' tracklist:
1. Picking Dragon’s Pockets
2. Remember Yourself
3. Life’s A Dream
4. Third Side Of The Moon
5. Dogbed in Heaven/Give It A Skeleton
6. Interlude
7. I Can’t Talk Right Now
8. Speak ‘N Spell (Or Not)
9. Rotten Fruit (feat. Justin Raisin)
10. Knocked Down By Waves
11. Absolutely Necessary Never
12. Song About Nothing
13. Stoner Party
14. Look How Far
15. Impossible Somedays
Modest Mouse Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue May 12 2026 - SPOKANE Washington - Knitting Factory Spokane (USA)
Wed May 13 2026 - MISSOULA Montana - Wilma Theatre - MT (USA)
Thu May 14 2026 - BOZEMAN Montana - Elm - Bozeman (USA)
Thu June 04 2026 - NEW HAVEN Connecticut - College Street Music Hall (USA)
Fri June 05 2026 - SAYREVILLE New Jersey - Starland Ballroom (USA)
Sat June 06 2026 - ALLENTOWN Pennsylvania - Archer Music Hall (USA)
Sun June 07 2026 - VIRGINIA BEACH Virginia - Dome by Rutter Mills (USA)
Tue June 09 2026 - WILMINGTON North Carolina - Greenfield Lake Amphitheater (USA)
Wed June 10 2026 - CHARLESTON South Carolina - Charleston Music Hall (USA)
Fri June 12 2026 - ASHEVILLE North Carolina - Orange Peel (USA)
Sat June 13 2026 - ASHEVILLE North Carolina - Orange Peel (USA)
Thu July 02 2026 - BELLINGHAM Washington - Mount Baker Theatre (USA)
Fri July 03 2026 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Orpheum Theatre - Vancouver (Canada)
Sun July 05 2026 - CALGARY Alberta - Wildhorse Saloon (Canada)
Tue August 04 2026 - OJAI California - Libbey Bowl (USA)
Wed August 05 2026 - DEL MAR California - Sound At Del Mar Fairgrounds (USA)
Sat August 08 2026 - JACKSONVILLE Oregon - Britt Pavilion (USA)
Sun August 09 2026 - PORTLAND Oregon - Pioneer Courthouse Square (USA)
Wed August 12 2026 - CHICAGO Illinois - Salt Shed Indoors - Chicago (USA)
Thu August 13 2026 - SAINT PAUL Minnesota - Palace Theatre - St. Paul (USA)
Fri August 14 2026 - MILWAUKEE Wisconsin - Riverside Theater - WI (USA)
Wed August 19 2026 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Fillmore - Philadelphia (USA)
Thu August 20 2026 - SOUTH DEERFIELD Massachusetts - Summer Stage at Tree House Brewing Company - Deerfield (USA)
Fri August 21 2026 - SHELBURNE Vermont - Ben & Jerry's Concerts on The Green At Shelburne Museum (USA)
Fri August 28 2026 - PALMER Alaska - Alaska State Fair (USA)
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