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Ugly Casanova is an American band on Sub Pop Records. The band has only released one album: Sharpen Your Teeth. The band is a side project of Modest Mouse singer, Isaac Brock; initially, however, the band’s origins were a mystery.

The legend of Ugly Casanova was based around the character of Edgar Graham, a.k.a. “Ugly Casanova”, who (according to the Ugly Casanova press release) met the band Modest Mouse while backstage at a concert in Denver, Colorado.

“After some prodding, he shared his work with the band, and began performing it early before shows while some people were milling around. Whenever he completed these performances, he retreated quickly with a look of anger and shame. After a time, a few small recordings were created, after which Edgar vanished.” The release goes on to mention that the batch of songs found on Sharpen Your Teeth was delivered to Sup Pop, “in a strange parcel filled with Silly Putty and pelts of three identifiable rodents.”

In truth, Ugly Casanova is a side-project of Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock and a number of other collaborators. In fact, two U.C. tracks — Baby’s Clean Conscience and

Parasites have appeared as unreleased Modest Mouse demos from their 1993 “Paracite Sessions”.

The origin of the band name itself is contested. Brock has admitted he created the pseudonym to “escape having to do interviews”, but Modest Mouse’s 1996 EP The Fruit That Ate Itself was credited to the production company “Ugly Casanova”, suggesting Brock may have used the name to retain creative control and publishing rights while under a major label.

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yollyisfun wrote:
yesterday afternoon

in also think they're better than modest mouse and thats a lot coming from me :| sharpen your teeth is the nest thing i've ever heard release another album pleaseeee!!!

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esciafardini wrote:
Saturday morning

beettteer than modestmouse

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windysky wrote:
last month

sha sha sha sha...

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BebeCe wrote:
last month

luw it

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mathewjordan wrote:
last month

I agree mr. gnome man.

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n4402xw8833 wrote:
last month

Actually, Mathew, a lot of the tracks on this record sound the way they do due to members of Califone and Holopaw contributing their own talents.

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paintedover wrote:
last month

Gosh. how double awesome.

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nshit wrote:
last month

Gosh. how awesome

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Zod1973 wrote:
September 2009

Gosh. how awful

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mathewjordan wrote:
September 2009

it's transitive.

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mathewjordan wrote:
September 2009

isaac brock is modest mouse. isaac brock is ugly casanova. modest mouse is ugly casanova.

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Anand69 wrote:
August 2009

Modest mouse but without the whole mass appeal... I love ''Things I don't remember'' It has a good vibe to it..

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All_Is_Lost wrote:
August 2009

This couldn't possibly have less to do with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

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nuckinfutters wrote:
August 2009

so underated

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aaronws wrote:
August 2009

i played this record when a girl was near me and her vagina exploded no joke.

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hugh027 wrote:
August 2009

I definately need to do some more listening to this.

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EvieRae wrote:
July 2009

Diamonds on the face of evil is such an awesomely awesome song, words can't even describe how i felt the first time i heard it.

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beckybartkowski wrote:
July 2009

@mackypaige, I picked up "Autumn Beds," and it was one of the last one's my record store had! Got pretty lucky.

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Standingonair66 wrote:
July 2009

Why has it taken me so long to get/get into this album?!

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mackypaige wrote:
June 2009

Ugly Casanova fans, make sure to hit up your indie record stores to pick up the exclusive Modest Mouse 7", Autumn Beds!

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