The Sunset Tree
Released: Apr 26, 2005
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Released: Apr 26, 2005
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John Darnielle is a compulsive writer forever clutching his stomach as songs pour out uncontrollably into whatever recording device is in front of him. What sets him apart from other prolific...
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We Shall All Be Healed
Released: Feb 3, 2004
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Released: Feb 3, 2004
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If possible, the Mountain Goats' We Shall All Be Healed is an even bigger, lusher-sounding work than Tallahassee, the group's 4AD debut and the debut of their more polished production style....
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Tallahassee
Released: Nov 5, 2002
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Released: Nov 5, 2002
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On Tallahassee, the Mountain Goats' 4AD debut, John Darnielle strips his music of the tape hiss that surrounded his previous work like a security blanket made of static, opting for a clean sound...
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Ghana
Released: Apr 23, 2002
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Released: Apr 23, 2002
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The 2002 release of the Mountain Goats' retrospective Ghana put an end to the trilogy of collections of hard-to-find rarities that the band had released in the 1990s. The term "band" is used...
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Protein Source of the Future...Now!
Released: Apr 23, 2002
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Released: Apr 23, 2002
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The first of three compilations drawing together compilation appearances, singles, and tape-only efforts from throughout the '90s, Protein Source of the Future...Now! may be designed for fans first...
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Bitter Melon Farm
Released: Apr 23, 2002
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Released: Apr 23, 2002
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The second in the compilation series of compilation, singles, and tape-only efforts by John Darnielle and associated others, Bitter Melon Farm is a dream of a release, like its predecessor, Protein...
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All Hail West Texas
Released: Feb 19, 2002
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Released: Feb 19, 2002
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Complex, awe-inspiring, and fresh with fretwork excitement, John Darnielle steps up to the mike with guitar in hand, revealing sentimental and emotionally charged acoustic gems. Leader of the...
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The Coroner's Gambit
Released: Oct 17, 2000
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Released: Oct 17, 2000
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After a three-year gap between proper albums (thought three singles collections were released during the interregnum), The Mountain Goats returned in classic form with The Coroner's Gambit. It's...
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Sweden
Released: Apr 18, 2000
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Released: Apr 18, 2000
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This is classic Mountain Goats: songs about broken (or soon to be broken) relationships, food, and flora rendered in vivid detail and recorded straight to boom box. Atop characteristically ragged...
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