On ‘Getting Into Knives’, the Mountain Goats remind us that we have to sometimes look at the things we may not want to revisit in order to chart a more coherent path.
The Mountain Goats announce new album Getting Into Knives and share lyric video for ‘As Many Candles As Possible’ featuring Al Green’s organist Charles Hodges.
The Mountain Goats remain something of a cult with a devoted following which will rightly see this as one of their greatest triumphs. Any collateral fallout in terms of reaching new ears will be a deserved bonus.
He declares The Brudenell his favourite room to play in, and the crowd roar as the feeling is mutual: we are being treated ourselves, by the presence of one of the Great American Writers of his generation….. John Darnielle: David Sedaris with a guitar.
On Goths, the new instrumental background offers a way to hear the Mountain Goats afresh. It is an album about impermanence, the return to places, people, and songs, and knowing them again after the passing of time. Listen to the album in full.
On The Mountain Goats new album Transcendental Youth, Darnielle overstuffs the meter, using words that don’t quite scan to give you a nudge, to sit up and listen.
The Mountain Goats have made available the first single from their forthcoming album, Transcendental Youth, entitled “Cry for Judas”. Download it here.
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