The Golden Casket is Modest Mouse’s seventh studio album, following 2015’s Strangers to Ourselves.
The album was announced on May 5, 2021, alongside the release of its lead single “We Are Between”. It was preceded by two more singles; “Leave a Light On” was released on May 24, 2021, and “The Sun Hasn’t Left” was released on June 18, 2021.
I think so, I found optimism where it actually existed because I needed it; my friends and family actually needed it. Y’know, I got three kids… I don’t think shit’s gonna get easier for everyone. Just the math alone… There’s seven billion-ish of us and things get easier for people if there’s a lot less of us, but that’s a fuckin’ nightmare. How do you get there? That’s not a good scene. Or they get a lot fuckin’ harder because there’s so fuckin’ many of us. And I just had to kinda look at that and find a way to make it sound OK.
Yes, Apple Music features animated artwork for this release.
Yeah, check out this video for the making of the deluxe vinyl album art and packaging: