Modest Mouse Unveils Routing for Summer/Fall 2021 North American Tour

The Golden Casket is due out June 25 via Epic Records, marking the band’s seventh-studio album and first new full-length since 2015’s Strangers to Ourselves. The LP is described as hovering “in the liminal space between raw punk power and experimental studio science.” The subject matter explores “the degradation of America’s psychic landscape through the glass of the smartphone screen and invisible technology,” as well as touching on frontman Isaac Brock’s new role as a father.  The album was produced with Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee in Los Angeles and in Modest Mouse’s studio in Portland. The band released “Leave a Light On,” its second single from the album today. Check out the official visualizer for the tune below. 

Following Lollapalooza, the band’s North American headline plans begin July 30 at The Sylvee in Madison, Wis. Stops on the routing include Brooklyn Steel, The Anthem in D.C., The Masonic in San Francisco, Fillmore New Orleans, Hard Rock Live in Orlando. Modest Mouse has also lined up a handful of dates with Future Islands including Marymoor Park in Seattle; Red Rocks in Morrison, Colo.; Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City; Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville; and Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center in Cincinnati. 

Tickets for the tour go on sale Wednesday, May 26 at 10 a.m. local time.

Modest Mouse spent fall 2019 supporting The Black Keys. Headline reports submitted to Pollstar’s Boxoffice include an Oct. 17, 2018 show in Columbia, S.C., at Township Auditorium that sold 1,850 tickets and grossed $83,250.

Here’s the plan for 2021:  

07/29 – 08/1 – Chicago, IL – Grant Park – Lollapalooza Music Festival

07/30 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee

08/03 – Columbus, OH – EXPRESS LIVE! – Indoor Music Hall

08/05 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia

08/06 – Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion

08/07 – Cooperstown, NY – Brewery Ommegang

08/09 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall

08/11 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

08/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

08/17 – Washington, DC – The Anthem

08/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE

08/20 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

08/21 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater

08/22 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory

08/24 – Missoula, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater

08/27 – Portland, OR – McMenamins – Edgefield

08/29 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater

09/11 – Seattle, WA – Marymoor Park *

09/16 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic

09/18 – Las Vegas, NV – Life Is Beautiful Festival

09/19 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre

09/20 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre – Tucson

09/22 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

09/24 – Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s

09/25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel

09/27 – Sandy, UT – Sandy City Amphitheater

09/28 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre *

09/30 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom *

10/01-10/03 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits

10/04 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater * 

10/05 – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady ICON Music Center *

10/08-10/10 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits

10/11 – Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall

10/12 – New Orleans, LA – Fillmore New Orleans

10/14 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live

10/15 – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach

10/16 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live

10/17 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre

10/19 – Richmond, VA – The National

10/21 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater

10/22 – Asheville, NC – Rabbit Rabbit

* – with Future Islands