Lampshades on Fire

"Lampshades on Fire"
Single by Modest Mouse
from the album Strangers to Ourselves
ReleasedDecember 15, 2014
Recorded2013–14
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length3:08
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Isaac Brock, Jim Fairchild Jeremiah Green, Russell Higbee, Eric Judy, Joe Plummer, Tom Peloso
Modest Mouse singles chronology
"Perpetual Motion Machine"
(2014)
"Lampshades on Fire"
(2014)
"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box"
(2015)

"Lampshades on Fire" is a song by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse. It is the lead single from their sixth studio album Strangers to Ourselves, released on December 15, 2014. This song as well as the entire Strangers to Ourselves album was mixed by Joe Zook.

A music video for the song was produced in November 2015 by director Jorges Torres Torres. It starred Natasha Lyonne, as well as several local bands from Athens, Georgia including "Muuy Biien, Ginko, Sad Dads, DIP, Monsoon and more."[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Kreps, Daniel. "Watch Modest Mouse's Visceral 'Lampshades on Fire' Video". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ Gordon, Jeremy. "Modest Mouse Throw a Crazy Party With Natasha Lyonne in "Lampshades on Fire" Video". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. ^ Vodicka, Gabe. "Watch Modest Mouse's New Athens-Filmed Music Video". Flagpole. Flagpoe. Retrieved 9 May 2024.