Listen: Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) – “Dead End Job At The Dead Letter Office”

This is a pretty special track for Modest Mouse fans out there. This Isaac Brock song comes from 1993 – the year Modest Mouse formed! It’s being billed as Isaac Brock, though it might as well be Modest Mouse since drummer Jeremiah Green plays on it, and the guitarist is Dann Gallucci, who has never been in Modest Mouse, but that makes up a 3-piece band, right?

Anyway, the song has been unearthed to feature on the upcoming 3-disc charity album Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol. 2, a “benefit concept CD” which will go to Outside In, an organisation that aids the homeless youth of Portland, OR, and features new and rare tracks from North Western musicians.

Check out “Dead End Job At The Dead Letter Office,” which sounds like it easily could have come off of Building Nothing Out Of Something, and below that get more details on Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol. 2.

Live From Nowhere Near You, Vol. 2 will be released on July 19th through Greyday Records. Here’s the participating artists:

Aaron Trueb (Tango Alpha Tango)
Adrian McEldery
Aimee Nash (The Black Ryder)
Aja Kim
Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes)
Alex Barwick
Anita Robinson (Viva Voce, Blue Giant)
Archi Read
Arion Salazaar (Third Eye Blind)
Benjamin Weikel (The Helio Sequence)
Bill MacBeath
Bob Graham Mild (The Upsidedown)
Bosko
Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind)
Brandon Summers (The Helio Sequence)
Brant Taylor (Pink Martini)
Brent DeBoer (The Dandy Warhols)
Brett Hartenbach
Brett Kron (The Upsidedown)
Brian Sage
Brian Winkle
Britt Daniel (Spoon)
Carlos Cortes
Carlos Guitarlos
Carlos Vamos
Catherine Kamei
Chris Ballew (The Presidents Of The United States Of America)
Chris Denham
Chris Frazier
Chris Friel (The Rockfords)
Chris Funk (The Decemberists, Blue Giant)
Christian Zammit
Christine Zieverink
Cole Peterson (Sweetwater)
Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
Courtney Taylor Taylor (The Dandy Warhols)
Dan Reed (The Dan Reed Network)
Dan Wienstien
Dand Lee Strickland
Daniel Johnston
Dann Gallucci (Modest Mouse)
Danny Seim (Menomena, Lackthereof)
Danyel Smith
Dave Allen (Gang Of Four, Faux Hoax, Shriekback)
Dave Dederer (The Presidents Of The United States Of America)
David Black
David Brown
David Maverick
Dirk Wallace
DJ Sirround
E.L. James
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
Elliott Smith
Erik McDowell
Evan Railton (Swords)
Evan Stroum
Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes)
Freddie Thomas
Goldie Davich
Goldxilla
Greg Montplaisir (Station Zero)
Greg Oden (The Portland Trailblazers)
Greg Snell
Imani Coppola
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
James Mercer (The Shins)
Jason Adams (The Upsidedown, Pete International Airport)
Jason Finn (The Presidents Of The United States Of America)
Jay Bennett (Wilco)
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
Jeremiah Green (Modest Mouse)
Jeremy “Jem” Cohen (The Ettes)
Jerry Carnathan
Jill Wilson
Jim Talstra
Jodi Huffman
Jody Linscott
Joe Berardi
Joe Purdy
Joe Whaley
Joey Morales (Top Jimmy, The Rhythm Pigs)
John Askew (Faux Hoax, Tracker, FILMguerrero)
John Doe (X)
John Moen (The Decemberists)
Jonathan Maron
Jordan White
Josh Brown (The Robots)
Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures)
Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
Kachina Dechert
Keith Schreiner (Dahlia, Suckapunch)
Kevin Moyer
Kevin Robinson (Viva Voce, Blue Giant)
Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Raveonettes)
Licky Noir
Lindsay “Coco” Hames (The Ettes)
Lindsay Buckland
Lisa Lengwenus
Logan Lynn
Marc Cappelle
Maria “Poni” Silver (The Ettes)
Matt Brown (The Robots)
Matt Moore (The Upsidedown)
Max Butler
Mic Crenshaw (Hungry Mob, Suckapunch)
Michael Childers
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Mike Sweeney (Criteria, Bright Eyes)
Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Firehose, The Stooges)
Mirabai Carter-Trueb (Tango Alpha Tango)
Mr Ricky Maymi (BJM, The Imajinary Friends)
Nathan Jr. (Duover, M. Ward)
Nathan Trueb (Tango Alpha Tango)
Neal Clark (Station Zero)
Neil Gust (No. 2, Heatmiser)
Nicholas Crosa (Pink Martini)
Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes)
Otto Papasadero
Patrick Kempfer
Paul Cobb
Paul Immanuel Owens
Paul Lingas
Pete Droge
Pete Mazich
Pete Miser (The Five Fingers Of Funk)
Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Peter Holmstrom (The Dandy Warhols)
Phillip Dieter AKA Skeeter
Portland Street Elvis AKA John Schroeder
Rich Milock (Station Zero)
Robert Been (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Rory Merrit Stitt
Ryan Adams
Ryan Bernstein
Sarah Jane (The Upside Down)
Scott Von Ryper (The Black Ryder)
Seth Lorinczi (The Golden Bears)
Shawn Smith (Brad, Satchel)
Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
Stic.man (Dead Prez)
Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
Street Freddie
Street Keith
Streetkid SkunkE,
Suzy Coté
Thomas Lauderdale (Pink Martini)
Tim Jensen (Pink Martini)
Tobin Herrera
Tom Fabre
Tristan Evans (The Upsidedown)
Tyler Coyle
Vince Meghrouni
Vini Miranda
Walker Beckman (Tango Alpha Tango)
Wally Hendrickson (Station Zero, The Hip Replacements, Sinus Rhythm)
Woodie Guthrie
Various anonymous street musicians and artists

[via Antiquiet]