Modest Mouse Drummer Quits Band

Pitchfork Media is reporting that
the rumors of Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green
leaving the band are true. Green plans to continue to play in The Vells, a new
band features members of Red Stars Theory, Stagger Lee, and The Blessed Light
with whom he's been drumming.

Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock
spoke with Pitchfork on Friday and assured the site that he and bassist Eric Judy
would continue the band. Temporarily filling in for live shows and some
recordings will be Benjamin Wiekel of The Helios Sequence. The band has been
working on a new record for a while but recently scrapped the material due to
various problems. They have since written 16 new songs and plan to enter Oxford, Mississippi's Sweet Tea Studios next week to begin recording with Dennis
Herring. The upcoming album is due in early September on Epic
Records, although Brock expressed some label uncertainty to Pitchfork.
Speaking of that website, check the full scoop here.