What band from Issaquah, Washington includes lead singer, Isaac Brock?

The band from Issaquah, Washington, featuring lead singer Isaac Brock, is Modest Mouse. Brock is the band’s founding vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter, and Modest Mouse began in the Seattle-area suburb in 1993.

Brock formed the group with drummer Jeremiah Green and bassist Eric Judy. The band’s early records established an angular, emotionally restless indie-rock sound, including This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About and The Lonesome Crowded West. Modest Mouse later reached a much larger audience with 2004’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News.

That album produced “Float On,” one of the era’s biggest alternative-rock crossover hits, along with “Ocean Breathes Salty.” The band is sometimes described simply as a Seattle group, but Issaquah is its original hometown; Modest Mouse later became associated with Portland, Oregon. Another common mix-up is treating Brock as only a guitarist—his distinctive, conversational singing voice is central to the band’s identity.