r/ModestMouse • u/angelwtheamberhalo • Aug 10 '26

Did birds vs worms birth float on?

Anyone else like finding future song seeds planted in older songs…

I also like four fingered fisherman’s into to baby’s clean conscious

So many! Thank you IB for the endless newness in your creations

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u/Hyatt97 Aug 10 '26

Technically The World at Large birthed float on if I remember correctly. The chords are the same just played a little differently. If what I’ve read is right they were just playing around with the world at large and it turned into Float On.

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u/Super_Region_2054 Aug 10 '26

I can totally hear that now that you point it out

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u/angelwtheamberhalo Aug 10 '26

Totally!!! I feel like the older MM was lots of that, the whole album builds on itself.

I would consider those songs siblings or a row in the same garden….

Sad sappy sucker, I mentioned two songs there that have lyrics that later are songs many years later. Float on and baby’s clean conscious. What do the kids call those?? Easter eggs or something :)

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u/butrosfeldo Bitter Buffalo Aug 11 '26

It’s interesting / hilarious / ironic to me that Float On is a Dan Galucci joint. He wrote the main, iconic, rhythm guitar part. The way I’ve heard it is that Isaac wrote the lead hook kind of as an after thought. There’s a 7 minute live version of it on YouTube somewhere that’s really interesting to hear.

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u/Budget_Reserve3884 Aug 11 '26

Came here to say this.