The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out

Released 19th August 2022. SK says: "Such is the strength of Darnielle's authorial voice (it's ha...

Released 19th August 2022. SK says: "Such is the strength of Darnielle's authorial voice (it's hard to imagine any other songwriter coming up with a track like 'Hostages' here) that the Mountain Goats can draw on different themes, environments and producers to create distinct works without losing their essence. Here, Bully's Alicia Bognanno produces and sits in on guitar with the band, now a road-hardened quartet, bringing crackling alt-rock energy to a set inspired by action movies and reven...

The Mountain Goats - Jenny from Thebes

Released 27th October 2023 Jenny from Thebes began its life as many albums by the Mountain Goats ...

Released 27th October 2023 Jenny from Thebes began its life as many albums by the Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric, “Jenny was a warrior / Jenny was a thief / Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief,” became “Jenny III,” a song which laid down a challenge he’d never taken up before: writing a sequel to one of his most beloved albums. The Mountain Goats’ catalog is thick with recurring characters Jenny, who originally appears in ...

The Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin

Released 26th March 2021. A surprise cassette released April 2020, Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the...

Released 26th March 2021. A surprise cassette released April 2020, Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the Mountain Goats’ first all-boombox album since 2002’s All Hail West Texas. After selling over 4000 cassettes in a matter of minutes, the avid Mountain Goats fanbase has demanded more and we are happy to acquiesce! Songs for Pierre Chuvin will be available on CD and LP on March 26, 2021. Praise for Songs for Pierre Chuvin: “Recording on the same boombox that launched his career, John Darnielle re...