Editing Modest Mouse (section)

=== ''The Moon & Antarctica'': 2000–2002 ===
[[File:TheMoonAntarctica.jpg|thumb|171x171px|[[The Moon & Antarctica]] album cover ]]
In 2000, Modest Mouse released ''[[The Moon & Antarctica]]'', its first album on [[Epic Records]]. The album, produced by [[Califone]]'s Brian Deck during five months of sessions in Chicago,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sentireascoltare.com/artisti/modest-mouse/|title=Modest Mouse biography |publisher=sentireascoltare.com |date=2015-03-01|first=Edoardo|last=Bridda|language=it}}</ref> was met with critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/modestmouse/moonandantarctica |title=Modest Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica (2000): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic.com |date=2009-12-15 |access-date=2011-07-15}}</ref> including a 9.8/10 score from online music magazine [[Pitchfork Media]], despite concerns about releasing material on a major label.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiCrescenzo|first=Brent|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5358-the-moon-antarctica/ |title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Modest Mouse: The Moon & Antarctica |publisher=Pitchforkmedia.com |date=2000-06-13 |access-date=2010-09-08}}</ref> The album would later receive further acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.16477 |title=Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of 2000–2004 |publisher=Listology |access-date=2011-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201213414/http://www.listology.com/sleestak/list/pitchforks-top-100-albums-2000-2004 |archive-date=2014-12-01}}</ref>

The band licensed "Gravity Rides Everything" for a [[Nissan Quest]] [[minivan]] advertisement, a move that Brock has publicly acknowledged as blatantly commercial but necessary to achieve financial stability. Regarding the commercial, Brock stated, "People who don't have to make their living playing music can bitch about my principles while they spend their parents' money or wash dishes for some asshole."<ref>{{cite web|last=Modell |first=Josh |url=https://avclub.com/content/node/23015 |title=Modest Mouse |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=April 7, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210193055/http://avclub.com/content/node/23015 |archive-date=December 10, 2005 |access-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref>

In 2001, Modest Mouse released the EP ''[[Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks]]'', a collection of unused songs from the recording sessions of ''The Moon & Antarctica''. In 2002, the band joined [[Cake (band)|Cake]], [[De La Soul]], [[The Flaming Lips]], [[The Hackensaw Boys]] and [[Kinky (band)|Kinky]] on the [[Unlimited Sunshine Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mirkin|first=Steven|url=https://variety.com/2002/music/reviews/unlimited-sunshine-tour-1200546853/|title=Unlimited Sunshine Tour|website=Variety.com|date=13 August 2002|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>