hello folks! this week, we’re gonna look at the studio record that the Mountain Goats were working on as the pandemic lockdown began, which was released later that year – Getting Into Knives. Corsican Mastiff Stride is an odd song[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today’s record has a very interesting story – just before the 2020 lockdowns for Covid, the band had been in the studio and John Darnielle had been reading The Last of the Pagans by Pierre Chuvin. he talked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re gonna be taking a look at In League With Dragons, the 2019 record from the Mountain Goats! im not in love with Done Bleeding as an opener. i think id really prefer a track like Younger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! we’re continuing our drive through the Mountain Goats discography this week by checking oit 2019’s Goths! i think Rain in Soho is my favorite track on the record, and putting it first is kind of an odd decision[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re taking a look at the Mountain Goat’s 15th full studio record, Beat the Champ. this record was released in 2015, and is heavily themed on professional wrestling and fighting. let’s check it out! up first is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re taking a look at Transcendental Youth, the 2012 record by the Mountain Goats, as we make our way through their discography. let’s dig in! i really like Amy AKA Spent Gladiator I – a track[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week’s record was actually the most recent record the year i first hear the Mountain Goats, so mentally i’ve been dividing the discography into the early period (pre-All Hail West Texas), a middle period (AHWT to here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re looking at the Mountain Goats’ 11th record Heretic Pride, released in 2008 every song on this record is a reference to a verse of the Bible – my biblical study is very far in my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re looking at the Mountain Goats’ 11th record Heretic Pride, released in 2008 i like Sax Rohmer #1 a lot – really dig the way they hold off on the snares for the first like minute,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re looking at the 10th studio album from the Mountain Goats, Get Lonely! this record was born during the tour for the last record, The Sunset Tree, and reflects a lot on, well, the loneliness that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…