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The Mountain Goats released their 15th album, Beat the Champ, on 7 April 2015, again with Merge Records. [25] According to Pitchfork Media , the album concentrates on the professional wrestlers Darnielle admired when he was a child and tries to develop and imagine their lives. [ 26 ]
The Mountain Goats are an American, Durham, North Carolina–based band, led by American singer-songwriter John Darnielle.Darnielle began recording in 1991, and is known for his highly literate lyrics and (until 2002) his lo-fi recording style. [1]
Jenny from Thebes is the 22nd studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released on October 27, 2023, through Merge Records.The album serves as a sequel to the band's 2002 release All Hail West Texas, [2] and is structured as a rock opera [1] which tells the story of the character "Jenny" (from the band's previous albums, including All Hail West Texas, along with 2001's Jam Eater ...
“I hope you die” is a line that Mountain Goats fans have been singing at the band’s shows for about 20 years. But suddenly, the song that contains it, “No Children,” has turned from a ...
On “Jenny from Thebes,” The Mountain Goats offer a sequel to one of their most beloved albums, 2002's “All Hail West Texas." This one has a lot more bells and whistles. The first album was ...
John Darnielle (/ d ɑːr ˈ n iː l / dar-NEEL; [1] born March 16, 1967) [2] is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. [3]
Getting Into Knives is the nineteenth studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released on October 23, 2020, [7] through Merge Records. [8] [2] The album was recorded in March 2020 over six days at Sam Philips Recording in Memphis, in the same room where psychobilly band the Cramps tracked their 1980 debut album Songs the Lord Taught Us. [9]
Tallahassee is the seventh studio album by the Mountain Goats.It was the band's second new album to be released in 2002, and it marked quite a few changes. After releasing records (and cassettes) on small record labels such as Shrimper, Ajax, and Emperor Jones, Tallahassee was the first Mountain Goats album to be released on a widely known independent label, the British alternative rock label 4AD.