Johnny Marr and Modest Mouse have revealed theyโve started working on new music together, which would be their first since Marrโs stint in the band from 2006-2008.
Both Marr and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock were asked about the prospect of reuniting in a new feature with Spin, celebrating the 15th anniversary of 2007โs We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.
โWeโve already started working on some stuff together,โ Brock said. โWe just finished a song, โRivers of Riversโ โ actually I think itโs just โRivers ofโฆโ โ but itโs in a pen-pal sort of way. International travel isnโt what it once was at the moment.โ
Marr added: โI played on that new Modest Mouse song, and there are a couple of other things knocking around that Isaacโs writing. As Isaac said, air travel isnโt quite what it was. But hopefully when the world tilts back on its axis, Iโll be jumping on a plane, I think.โ
The two have spoken in the past about the prospect of reuniting. Last year Marr responded to Brockโs claim that โthe optionโs availableโ for him to rejoin the band by calling his tenure with the US indie cult heroes โthe best time of his lifeโ, and hailed Brock as โthe greatest living lyricist heโs ever worked withโ.

The ex-Smiths guitarist left Modest Mouse in 2008 and went on to play with The Cribs from 2008 until 2011.
Last month, Marrโs two former bands announced a tour of North America together. Marr responded to the tour announcement on Twitter, calling the news โkillerโ.
Meanwhile, Modest Mouse have also announced details of three special UK headline shows that theyโll play in July.
The band will tour this summer in support of their seventh album The Golden Casket, which was released in June 2021.