Modest Mouse

Ok, so I don't really have a "favorite musician or group". But right now, I'm kind of into Modest Mouse. So I'm doing this post about them.
It's hard to explain why I like them. I think it's partially because their music isn't depressing, but it's not exactly happy either. I've been trying not to listen to so much depressing music lately, but I can't make myself listen to smilely happy stuff either. Besides, good music is rarely the most cheerful music. I also like the fact that the lyrics have meaning to them, even if the meaning isn't always exactly clear.
The first time I listened to Modest Mouse, I hated it. Really, I did. I was at "nerd camp" (I think I talked about it in a post a while back) and my roommate loved them. Every morning, her alarm clock would start blaring one of their songs ("The World at Large", as I later discovered) and I would yell at her to turn it off. Several months later, I looked them up out of boredom and discovered that they'd really grown on me.

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNxa9pFwimk

^"The World at Large". I really love this song now. I think it helps when you listen to it on your own time instead of being woken up by it at seven in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbqYzArcTqQ

^"3rd Planet". This is probably my favorite Modest Mouse song. Part of this is just because this is an amazing song, but part of it is because I discovered it around the same time that I started talking to my best friend (more like a sister, really) that I'd grown apart from again. I mentioned the song, and she immidiately exclaimed that she loved it (and Modest Mouse) too. Now that I read that part again, it sounds stupid. But it means a lot to me because I care about her more than words can say and I really hated not being in contact with her. Well, nevermind. It's a great song.