After more than two decades on Epic Records, Modest Mouse have revealed An Eraser and a Maze, the band’s first independent release since 1997’s The Lonesome Crowded West and the follow-up to their 2021 album The Golden Casket. The new LP arrives June 5 via frontman Isaac Brock’s Glacial Pace Recordings. You can check out the latest single, “Picking Dragons’ Pockets,” along with the full tracklist and new tour dates, below. The first single, “Look How Far,” premiered in March.

Initially conceived as an EP to his Ugly Casanova side project, Brock instead decided to expand it into Modest Mouse’s eighth studio album. “For this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen,” he said in a statement. “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 …”

An Eraser arrives one week before the band hits the road once again for an expansive North American trek. In February, they embarked on their first-ever cruise fest, Modest Mouse Presents Ice Cream Floats.

Revisit The Lonesome Crowded West in The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s.

An Eraser and a Maze
01 Picking Dragon’s Pockets
02 Remember Yourself
03 Life’s A Dream
04 Third Side Of The Moon
05 Dogbed in Heaven/Give It A Skeleton
06 Interlude
07 I Can’t Talk Right Now
08 Speak ‘N Spell (Or Not)
09 Rotten Fruit [feat. Justin Raisen]
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 Tour Dates:
05-12 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory*
05-13 Missoula, MT – The Wilma*
05-14 Bozeman, MT – The Elm*
05-15 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party
06-04 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall#
06-05 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom#
06-06 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall#
06-07 Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Dome#
06-09 Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre#
06-10 Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
06-12 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel#
06-13 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel#
06-14 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
07-02 Bellingham, WA – Mt Baker Theatre&
07-03 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre&
07-05 Calgary, Alberta – Calgary Stampede
07-07 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
07-10 Seattle, WA – The 5th Avenue Theatre @
07-11 Seattle, WA – The 5th Avenue Theatre @
08-04 Ojai, CA – Libbey Bowl
08-05 Del Mar, CA – The Sound
08-07 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands Music Festival
08-08 Jacksonville, OR – Britt Pavilion
08-09 Portland, OR – Pioneer Courthouse Square !
08-12 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
08-13 Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theater
08-14 Milwaukee, MN – Riverside Theater
08-18 Milwaukee, WI – Nationals Park ^
08-19 Philadelphia, PA –
08-20 South Deerfield, MA – Tree House Brewing
08-21 Shelburne, VT – The Green
08-28 Palmer, AK – Alaska State Fair
09-16 Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound
09-17 St Augustine, FL – The Saint Augustine Amphitheatre
09-18 Orlando, FL – House of Blues Orlando
09-20 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
09-22 Fayetteville, AR – Ozark Music Hall
09-23 Kansas City, MO – Grinders KC
09-24 Columbia, MO – Rose Park
09-25 Omaha, NE – The Astro Theater
09-29 Madison, WI – The Sylvee ^^
09-30 Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion ^^
10-01 Cincinnati, OH – MegaCorp Pavilion Outdoor ^^
10-02 Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe ^^
10-04 Ottawa, ON – HISTORY Ottawa ^^
10-05 Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall ^^
10-07 Boston, MA – Roadrunner ^^
10-08 New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17 ^^
10-09 Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion ^^
10-10 Pittsburgh, PA – Citizens Live at The Wylie ^^
10-13 New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore New Orleans ^^
10-15 Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater ^^
10-16 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory ^^
10-17 San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port ^^
10-19 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre ^^
10-20 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium ^^
10-22 Avila Beach, CA – Avila Beach Golf Resort ^^
10-23 Sacramento, CA – Channel 24 ^^

* with Mattress
& with Sun Atoms
# with Silver Triplets of the Rio Hondo
^ with My Chemical Romance
@ with Pinback
! with Mike Watt & The Missing Men
^^ with Caroline Rose