Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West (2012)

Directed by RJ Bentler as part of the Pitchfork Classic series Pitchforktv presents a 45minute documentary on Modest Mouses classic 1997 album The Lonesome Crowded West For the film Pitchforktv traveled to Los Angeles London and cities across the Pacific Northwest Portland Seattle Olympia Port Townsend to discuss the making of the album with everyone from frontman Isaac Brock to Calvin Johnson and producer Phil Ek We learned the albums story back to front including the fact that halfway through its recording Ek was called in to rerecord three songs from the original sessions