To Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Modest Mouse’s The Moon & Antarctica, Epic/Legacy Recordings is reissuing a vinyl version of the album on April 17. The album has been out of print on vinyl for more than five years.
According to the label’s press release, “The Moon & Antarctica, newly-struck on 12″ heavy double vinyl, has been remastered using the band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original artwork and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a download card for The Moon & Antarctica.”
And just in time for Record Store Day!
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Full press release after the jump…
MODEST MOUSE CELEBRATE THE 10th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MOON & ANTARCTICA WITH LONG AWAITED VINYL REISSUE OF LANDMARK
ALBUM ON APRIL 17
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Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Moon &
Antarctica, the highly acclaimed major label debut from American indie
rock band Modest Mouse, with the long awaited vinyl reissue of the
landmark album on April 17.
Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, 12″ copies of The Moon &
Antarctica have become prized collector’s items.
Available in time for Record Store Day 2010, The Moon & Antarctica,
newly-struck on 12″ heavy double vinyl, has been remastered using the
band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original
artwork and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original
vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a download card
for The Moon & Antarctica.
Recorded from July through November 1999, The Moon & Antarctica, the
third Modest Mouse album, was first released on both vinyl and CD in
June 2000. A milestone for the band and a sublime presence on the
American pop music landscape, The Moon & Antarctica turned up on many of
Year End Best Of lists.
The highly influential Pitchfork Media ranked the album #3 for 2000, #7
for 2000-2004, and #6 for the decade (2000-2010). Better Propaganda
named The Moon & Antarctica #23 for the decade, Rhapsody ranked it #4 on
their Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade” list and Entertainment
Weekly, who ranked it #37 (out of 100) in “The New Classics” list (from
1983-2008) calling the “…major-label debut from the Northwest indie
heroes…an angular, experimental treasure….”
A success in both the mainstream and the underground, The Moon &
Antarctica was certified gold by the RIAA as of March 9, 2009.
Fans may pre-order the album online at www.modestmouse.com or
www.modestmousemusic.com