The Mountain Goats – Goths [2LP]

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2-LPs pressed at 45rpm in gatefold jacket with full lyrics, download included

From Peter Hughes of the Mountain Goats: The theme this time around is goth, a subject closer to my heart perhaps than that of any Mountain Goats album previous. And while John writes the songs, as he always has, it feels more than ever like hes speaking for all of us in the band, erstwhile goths (raises hand) or otherwise, for these are songs that approach an identity most often associated with youth from a perspective that is inescapably adult. Anyone old enough to have had the experience of finding oneself at sea in a cultural landscape thats suddenly indecipherable will empathize with Pat Travers showing up to a Bauhaus show looking to jam, for example. But underneath the outward humor, there is evident throughout a real tenderness toward, and solidarity with, our former fellow travelersthe friends whose bands never made it out of Fenders Ballroom, the Gene Loves Jezebels of the worldthe ones whose gothic paths were overtaken by the realities of life, or of its opposite. Its something we talk about a lot, how fortunate and grateful we are to share this work, a career thats become something more rewarding and fulfilling than I think any of us could have imagined. We all know how easily it couldve gone the other way, and indeed for a long time did.

Tracklist:

1. Rain In Soho
2. Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds
3. The Grey King And The Silver Flame Attunement
4. We Do It Different On The West Coast
5. Unicorn Tolerance
6. Stench Of The Unburied
7. Wear Black
8. Paid In Cocaine
9. Rage Of Travers
10. Shelved
11. For The Portuguese Goth Metal Bands
12. Abandoned Flesh

UPC: 673855057910
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 5.19.17
Format: Vinyl