{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Midwest Modesty | type = studio | artist = Before Their Eyes | cover = Midwest Modesty by Before Their Eyes.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2015|12|18}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-hardcore, alternative rock | length = {{Duration|m=34|s=09}} | label = InVogue | producer = Craig Owens | prev_title = Redemption | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''Midwest Modesty''''' is the fifth studio album from Before Their Eyes. InVogue Records released the album on December 18, 2015.

==Background== The band got Craig Owens to produce the album and be their co-writer on every song.<ref name="JFH"/>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Jesus Freak Hideout | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="JFH">{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Hoskins |title=Before Their Eyes, "Midwest Modesty" Review |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/MidwestModesty.asp |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |accessdate=February 5, 2016 |date=January 13, 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = ''New Noise Magazine'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="NNM">{{cite web |first=Nathaniel |last=Lay |title=Album Review: Before Their Eyes – ‘Midwest Modesty’ |url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-before-their-eyes-midwest-modesty/ |journal=New Noise Magazine |accessdate=February 5, 2016 |date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> }}

Signaling in a three star review by ''New Noise Magazine'', Nathaniel Lay states, "''Midwest Modesty'' probably doesn’t beat out the Before Their Eyes debut for most fans (no surprise there), but it could very well become the runner-up in the band’s discography. It’s well written, tight, and (for the most part) organized in a successful flow."<ref name="NNM"/> Kevin Hoskins, indicating in a four and a half star review at Jesus Freak Hideout, writes, "So what does ''Midwest Modesty'' have in store? Simply put, it's an album that all current BTE fans and hard rock lovers will deeply appreciate."<ref name="JFH"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = | total_length = 34:09

| all_writing = Before Their Eyes and Craig Owens | all_lyrics = | all_music =

| title1 = It's Dark Inside with You | note1 = | writer1 = | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 3:45

| title2 = The Positive and the Negative of Being Alone | note2 = | writer2 = | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 3:58

| title3 = We Won't Make the Same Mistake Again | note3 = featuring Hotel Books | writer3 = | lyrics3 = | music3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 4:15

| title4 = How It Feels to Be Defeated | note4 = | writer4 = | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Anything's Possible in New Jersey | note5 = | writer5 = | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 4:06

| title6 = Midwest Modesty | note6 = | writer6 = | lyrics6 = | music6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 2:45

| title7 = A Home With No Ceilings | note7 = | writer7 = | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 3:22

| title8 = We Destroyed All the Evidence | note8 = | writer8 = | lyrics8 = | music8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Noise | note9 = | writer9 = | lyrics9 = | music9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 1:32

| title10 = Adam Was a Cool Dude | note10 = | writer10 = | lyrics10 = | music10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 3:31 }}

==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|7|artist=Before Their Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 5, 2016}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Before Their Eyes}}

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