THE MOUNTAIN GOATS Sweden 1996

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Artist Biography by Jason Nickey

The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific John Darnielle and whatever musicians he surrounds himself with, which means that while the soundscape may change from project to project, the overall tone and feel of Darnielle's work remains remarkably consistent. At his best, he writes finely observed, slightly surreal, impressionistic vignettes that manage to mix life as we live it with life as we wish we could live it, and as such he has more in common with a novelist than he does with the typical singer/songwriter -- which is fitting, as he's also a published author. Darnielle's early Mountain Goats releases were lo-fi, cassette-recorded efforts cut with a rotating lineup of musicians, such as 1995's Nine Black Poppies and 2000's The Coroner's Gambit. By 2005's The Sunset Tree, his recordings had become cleaner and less cluttered, but his characters studies were just as vivid, and as the Mountain Goats finally cohered into a stable lineup (with Darnielle joined by Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster), they recorded tuneful, thematically unified albums such as Beat the Champ (2015) and Goths (2017) that ranked with their finest work.  

Tracklist

1	The Recognition Scene	2:50
2	Downtown Soul	2:35
3	Some Swedish Trees	2:05
4	I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone	2:35
5	Deianara Crush	1:53
6	Whole Wide World	2:13
7	Flashing Lights	2:30
8	Sept 19 Triple X Love! Love!	2:24
9	Going To Queens	2:26
10	Tahitian Ambrosia Maker	1:47
11	Going To Bolivia	1:38
12	Tollund Man	2:34
13	California Song	1:55
14	Snow Crush Killing Song	2:46
15	Send Me An Angel	1:47
16	Neon Orange Glimmer Song	3:08
17	FM	1:45
18	Prana Ferox	4:05
19	Cold Milk Bottle	2:06