Subject to it's own Pitchfork documentary- listed in numerous prestigious Best Albums of the 90s lists and destined to be re-discovered by continuous generations THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST stands as the defacto Northwest indie-rock record. Originally released in 1997 it not only helped shape the sound that came to be associated with the American Pacific Northwest but across these sprawling wide-open 15 songs Modest House helped redefine what was possible for guitar music. As such THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST has often been mimicked but it's awesome open-hearted existentialism and manic ambition has rarely been matched. A modern classic that demands reappraisal. - - - TracksCredits - 1 Teeth Like God's Shoeshine - 2 Heart Cooks Brain - 3 Convienent Parking - 4 Lounge - 5 Jesus Christ Was An Only Child - 6 Doin' the Cockroach - 7 Cowboy Dan - 8 Trailer Trash - 9 Out of Gas - 10 Long Distance Drunk - 11 S*#t Luck - 12 Truckers Atlas - 13 Polar Opposites - 14 Bankrupt on Selling - 15 Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice Alright