Isaac melted

Dear Modest Mouse,
When you wrote Dashboard, were you attempting to write the perfect pop song, or did it just end up that way? I was reminded of this song when I heard Johnny Marr talking about his love for the Fender Jaguar guitar on Radio 4 a couple of days ago, and I was driven to play the CD of We Were Dead... at full volume and fling open the windows (as much as you can fling a double-glazed frame window) to share the sweet musical juice with the local population. With hindsight, pre-8am on a Monday morning is probably a little early to expect mutual enthusiasm in a middle class suburb such as mine.

WATCH: Johnny Marr on the Fender Jag.

LISTEN: Modest Mouse – Dashboard

Also check out No One's First, And You're Next EP, a collection of b-sides and demos that didn't quite make it onto the last two albums.