Modest Mouse have announced their new album, An Eraser and a Maze, due out June 5th via Glacial Pace and Virgin Records. As a preview, the band has unveiled a new single, “Picking Dragon’s Pockets,” and expanded their upcoming North American tour with an additional leg of headlining dates that will keep them on the road through the fall.
Lead singer Isaac Brock began working on the new collection of songs immediately following 2021’s The Golden Casket. With six songs that could have formed an EP, Brock considered releasing them under his side project, Ugly Casanova, but ultimately decided on creating a new Modest Mouse album. He produced the project with additional production by Jackknife Lee (U2, The Killers), Suzy Shinn (Weezer), and Justin Raisen (Charli xcx, Kim Gordon, Lil Yachty). Pre-orders are ongoing.
“For this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen,” Brock said. “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…”
He continued, “Thoughts, emotions, feelings, all that stuff… you’re like the soup, and it’s not always easy to pick out the ingredients. I don’t dwell on things much. I don’t grieve much. I’m not sure I’m a person. I feel like I should have more feelings than I do. But then, you know, I’ll sing stuff. And I’m like, Oh, there it is. Oh — it’s in there.”
Expanding upon their previously announced string of headline dates and festival appearances throughout the summer, Modest Mouse will continue to mark 30 years as a band with additional shows in September and October. The fall dates include stops in cities such as Toronto, New York, New Orleans, Austin, and Phoenix. Tickets for these newly announced dates will go on sale beginning Friday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
“Picking Dragon’s Pocket” is the second single from An Erase and a Maze after “Look How Far. . .” was unveiled in March.
In May, Modest Mouse are set to kick off their spring tour in Spokane, Washington, with other stops including Virginia Beach, Wilmington, and Charleston. Look for deals and get tickets to sold-out shows for all of their upcoming tour dates here.
An Eraser and a Maze Artwork:
An Eraser and a Maze Tracklist:
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 Raisin)
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 2026 Tour Dates (new dates in bold):
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 #
6/05 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom #
06/06 – Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall #
06/07 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Dome #
06/9 – Wilmington, NC – Greenfield Lake Amp #
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, BC – Orpheum Theatre &
07/05 – Calgary, AB – Calgary Stampede
07/07 – Saskatoon, SK – 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, WI – Riverside Theater
08/18 – Washington, DC – Nationals Park ^
08/19 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
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 ^^
* = w/ Mattress
& = w/ Sun Atoms
# = w/ Silver Triplets of the Rio Hondo
^ = w/ My Chemical Romance
@ = w/ Pinback
! = w/ Mike Watt & The Missing Men
^^ = w/ Caroline Rose
