Modest Mouse have released the music video for their single “King Rat,” which Heath Ledger was in the middle of directing around the time of his death. Ledger had conceptualized the animated video with The Masses in order to raise awareness about illegal whaling off the coast of Australia through a clever role reversal. Proceeds from iTunes downloads of the video will go towards the nonprofit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The song can be heard on Modest Mouse’s EP No One’s First, and You’re Next, which also comes out today. (via Spin)

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