The Mountain Goats — In League with Dragons (April 26, 2019) 
Location: Norwalk ~~ Claremont, CA ~~ Durham, NC
Album release: April 26, 2019
Record Label: Merge Records
Duration: 48:24
Tracks:
01. Done Bleeding 4:38
02. Younger 5:52
03. Passaic 1975 3:55
04. Clemency for the Wizard King 2:47
05. Possum by Night 2:59
06. In League with Dragons 3:11
07. Doc Gooden 4:19
08. Going Invisible 2 3:05
09. Waylon Jennings Live! 3:15
10. Cadaver Sniffing Dog 3:55
11. An Antidote for Strychnine 6:03
12. Sicilian Crest 4:25
•ο→ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE: JOHN DARNIELLE, PETER HUGHES, JON WURSTER, AND MATT DOUGLAS.
•ο→ While their previous album was a concept LP on wrestling, Goths focuses on its namesake’s culture with the added perspective of time. “While [frontman] John [Darnielle] writes the songs, as he always has, it feels more than ever like he’s speaking for all of us in the band, erstwhile goths (raises hand) or otherwise,” bassist Peter Hughes said in a statement about the album’s theme. “For these are songs that approach an identity most often associated with youth from a perspective that is inescapably adult.”
•ο→ On their reflective new song, “Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds,” Darnielle tells the imagined story of the Sisters of Mercy frontman returning to the town of their youth where the band first formed. “Nobody ever gets away,” Darnielle sings. “Even the best of us come back someday/ to the unmarked rooms/ where the dry dust breeds.”
•ο→ “His friends give him a hard time about ending up back where he started, but not because they’re mad; it’s good to see an old friend wearing the marks of time on his hands and face like well~loved tattoos,” Darnielle said in a statement about the lyrics that address one of his teenage heroes. “So shall it be in these times: your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions, and Andrew Eldritch, whose music has reached spirits in every corner of the globe, will move back to Leeds.”
•ο→ THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER AS A QUARTET FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THREE OF THEM LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ONE HAS MOVED BACK TO ROCHESTER. THEIR SONGS OFTEN SEEK OUT DARK LAIRS WITHIN WHICH TERRIBLE MONSTERS DWELL, BUT THEIR MISSION IS TO RETRIEVE THE TREASURE FROM THE DARK LAIR & PERSUADE THE TERRIBLE MONSTERS INSIDE TO SEEK OUT THE PATH OF REDEMPTION. AS AXL ROSE ONCE MEMORABLY ASKED, IN THE SONG “TERRIBLE MONSTER”: “WHAT’S SO TERRIBLE ABOUT MONSTERS, ANYWAY?” THIS IS THE QUESTION THE MOUNTAIN GOATS HAVE BEEN DOGGEDLY PURSUING SINCE 1991. THEY WILL NEVER LEAVE OFF THIS QUEST UNTIL EVERY OPTION HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. THANK YOU.
Website: http://www.mountain-goats.com/
Label: https://www.mergerecords.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mountain_goats
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mountaingoatsmusic/
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Album release: April 26, 2019
Record Label: Merge Records
Duration: 48:24
Tracks:
01. Done Bleeding 4:38
02. Younger 5:52
03. Passaic 1975 3:55
04. Clemency for the Wizard King 2:47
05. Possum by Night 2:59
06. In League with Dragons 3:11
07. Doc Gooden 4:19
08. Going Invisible 2 3:05
09. Waylon Jennings Live! 3:15
10. Cadaver Sniffing Dog 3:55
11. An Antidote for Strychnine 6:03
12. Sicilian Crest 4:25
•ο→ THE MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE: JOHN DARNIELLE, PETER HUGHES, JON WURSTER, AND MATT DOUGLAS.
•ο→ While their previous album was a concept LP on wrestling, Goths focuses on its namesake’s culture with the added perspective of time. “While [frontman] John [Darnielle] writes the songs, as he always has, it feels more than ever like he’s speaking for all of us in the band, erstwhile goths (raises hand) or otherwise,” bassist Peter Hughes said in a statement about the album’s theme. “For these are songs that approach an identity most often associated with youth from a perspective that is inescapably adult.”
•ο→ On their reflective new song, “Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds,” Darnielle tells the imagined story of the Sisters of Mercy frontman returning to the town of their youth where the band first formed. “Nobody ever gets away,” Darnielle sings. “Even the best of us come back someday/ to the unmarked rooms/ where the dry dust breeds.”
•ο→ “His friends give him a hard time about ending up back where he started, but not because they’re mad; it’s good to see an old friend wearing the marks of time on his hands and face like well~loved tattoos,” Darnielle said in a statement about the lyrics that address one of his teenage heroes. “So shall it be in these times: your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions, and Andrew Eldritch, whose music has reached spirits in every corner of the globe, will move back to Leeds.”
•ο→ THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER AS A QUARTET FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THREE OF THEM LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ONE HAS MOVED BACK TO ROCHESTER. THEIR SONGS OFTEN SEEK OUT DARK LAIRS WITHIN WHICH TERRIBLE MONSTERS DWELL, BUT THEIR MISSION IS TO RETRIEVE THE TREASURE FROM THE DARK LAIR & PERSUADE THE TERRIBLE MONSTERS INSIDE TO SEEK OUT THE PATH OF REDEMPTION. AS AXL ROSE ONCE MEMORABLY ASKED, IN THE SONG “TERRIBLE MONSTER”: “WHAT’S SO TERRIBLE ABOUT MONSTERS, ANYWAY?” THIS IS THE QUESTION THE MOUNTAIN GOATS HAVE BEEN DOGGEDLY PURSUING SINCE 1991. THEY WILL NEVER LEAVE OFF THIS QUEST UNTIL EVERY OPTION HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. THANK YOU.
Website: http://www.mountain-goats.com/
Label: https://www.mergerecords.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mountain_goats
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mountaingoatsmusic/
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