Mountain Goats thread

[Nich]

The 3rd Jordan Lake Session was today, and at the start of it they announced a new studio album, Dark in Here, written and recorded around the same time as Getting Into Knives. Out in late June.

 

[lincolnic]

Recorded the week after Getting Into Knives, if I'm remembering right? The thing I thought was really cool is that the original plan was to just have Dark in Here available on the first night of the Getting Into Knives tour, dropping a surprise album is pretty much unheard of in indie rock. Thanks, covid.

Also I teared up when John played "Snow Owl", never thought I'd hear that song in a live setting. Looking forward to tomorrow's set.

 

[Nich]

Didn't play Autoclave, didn't play Oceanographer's Choice, didn't play hardly anything I was hoping for, don't care because they did play Solidarity Forever and it fucking ruled. Also, they teased "Jazz No Children" as such an extended bit that I was hoping they just gave in and committed to it to see what would happen.

 

[lincolnic]

THE UNION MAKES US STRONG

 

[shivam]

i really really like Mobile.

 

[lincolnic]

New album Bleed Out coming in August. John Darnielle describes it as "a bunch of songs [that are] all uptempo mini-action movies", which makes me cautiously optimistic! I didn't care for Dark in Here much, so I'm hoping this one's a bit more up my alley. First single feels very appropriately titled:

 

[Behemoth]

New album Bleed Out coming in August. John Darnielle describes it as "a bunch of songs [that are] all uptempo mini-action movies", which makes me cautiously optimistic! I didn't care for Dark in Here much, so I'm hoping this one's a bit more up my alley. First single feels very appropriately titled:

Both Dark in Here and Getting into Knives were largely misses for me, but I really enjoyed this single so I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[zonetrope]

That's funny, those were two of my favorites in a while. I generally prefer the tMG albums without a lyrical gimmick though. And I'm still looking forward to hearing this one, as with all of his albums.

 

[lincolnic]

If there are any fans of the real old songs here, the newest Jordan Lake Sessions (released today) has the first ever recording of Tulsa Imperative, nearly 30 years after it was written.