The song title might be “Fly Trapped In A Jar,” but in this Saline Project-animated video for the R.E.M./National touring mates‘s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank tune, Isaac Brock’s bumping into a white-striped Candy Land/Magic Rocks realm with a backup band that resemble skinnier, new wave Oompa Loompas. So, yeah, in a word: Creepy. Especially when the world shifts to blue and the dudes go blond.

It’s a shame they didn’t have this mind-fuck to talk about when Isaac and Johnny visited Tony Hawk.

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Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
St. Vincent & Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock Stop By 'Portlandia'
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Comments (3)
  1. cody  |   Posted on Mar 17th, 2008

    so cool

  2. jamie  |   Posted on Mar 18th, 2008

    they look like the kid from the incredibles, no?

  3. edgar allen bro  |   Posted on Mar 19th, 2008

    nothing happened. it looked kind of cool. pretty weak effort.

    with that said, they still have my all-time favorite discography.

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