Few bands paid their dues like Modest Mouse. Having honed their ramshackle sound on a string of influential records in the '90s, it was a little polish and positivity that catapulted Isaac Brock and co. to mainstream success in '04. Major label debut Good News for People Who Love Bad News was instrumental in returning indie bands to alternative radio. Follow-up We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank became an unlikely chart-topper, and after an eight-year hiatus, the group built on their legacy with Strangers to Ourselves.