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The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">John Darnielle</a> and whomever he chooses to work with at the moment, which means the sound may change from project to project, but the overall tone and feel of his work remains remarkably consistent. <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> writes finely observed, impressionistic vignettes that blend a clear, realistic sense of detail with mildly surreal imaginings, giving his work a literary flavor that suits his status as a songwriter who is also a successful novelist. His early Mountain Goats releases were lo-fi, cassette-recorded efforts cut with a rotating cast 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 character studies were just as vivid. As the Mountain Goats cohered into a stable lineup (with <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> joined by Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster), they recorded tuneful, thematically unified albums such as Beat the Champ (2015) and Jenny from Thebes (2023) that ranked with their finest work.

Taking the name from the <a href="spotify:artist:3VBpsrUi2vV7Uj87ONHu7Z">Screamin' Jay Hawkins</a> song "Big Yellow Coat," <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> first donned the Mountain Goats moniker in 1991 while working as a nurse in a California state hospital, and he began releasing cassette-only albums for the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Shrimper%22">Shrimper</a> label. Despite attracting a devoted underground following (or, possibly, because of it), the Mountain Goats continued to release songs in cassette-only form for many years, virtually using tape hiss as an additional instrument. Besides innumerable compilation tracks, the Mountain Goats have also released many 7" singles for over a dozen labels. Their full-length albums include Nine Black Poppies and Zopilote Machine (both released in 1995), Sweden (1996), Full Force Galesburg (1997), and Nothing for Juice (1997). Protein Source of the Future...NOW!, and Bitter Melon Farm (both 1999 releases) collected many early tape tracks and singles. 

<a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> began the new millennium with The Coroner's Gambit for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Absolutely+Kosher%22">Absolutely Kosher</a> before signing to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%224AD%22">4AD</a> for the release of the surprisingly polished Tallahassee in 2002. We Shall All Be Healed followed in 2004, and one year later, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> was back with The Sunset Tree. Remaining as prolific as ever, he turned away from the intensity of The Sunset Tree for a calmer, more reflective set of songs on 2006's Get Lonely. The accessible and assured Heretic Pride appeared in 2008. Next up was the Bible verse-inspired The Life of the World to Come, the group's sixth album for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%224AD%22">4AD</a>, in 2010. Switching to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Merge+Records%22">Merge Records</a> in 2011, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> released All Eternals Deck, which was recorded in four different studios in Brooklyn, Boston, North Carolina, and Florida with four different producers -- <a href="spotify:artist:5F2rqvT95spvCWAcSru2tm">John Congleton</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0lQ7w5ePpmbNFnlkCP5fHO">Scott Solter</a>, Brandon Eggleston, and <a href="spotify:artist:35jmO5o3AhUV70kiR7u4Nw">Morbid Angel</a> guitarist and <a href="spotify:artist:4Ru4H8nvpjbqHFStsJJcHV">Hate Eternal</a> frontman Erik Rutan -- helming various tracks. That year, the band were also handpicked by <a href="spotify:artist:38xTceqQAKg4Q2TwFCm902">Jeff Mangum</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:2ooIqOf4X2uz4mMptXCtie">Neutral Milk Hotel</a> to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he was curating in Minehead, England, but they were ultimately unable to appear due to scheduling issues. 

In 2012, a reissue collecting long out-of-print Mountain Goats cassettes surfaced on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Shrimper%22">Shrimper</a>. The set gathered 1992's The Hound Chronicles and 1993's Hot Garden Stomp. Following the release of 2012's dark Transcendental Youth, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> shifted his focus to raising his young family and publishing his debut novel, Wolf in White Van. His subsequent return to recording came in the form of 2015's Beat the Champ, a collection of songs about professional wrestling. In 2017, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> kept himself busy with the release of recording and publishing projects: a concept album from the Mountain Goats titled Goths, and a novel, Universal Harvester. Another of <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a>'s youthful obsessions, multiplayer role-playing games, informed his next set of incisive character studies, 2019's In League with Dragons. 

The Mountain Goats' plans for touring in 2020 were scuttled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; in response, to help the group's crew and accompanists recover some of their lost income, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> wrote and released Songs for Pierre Chuvin in March 2020. Its ten songs were recorded using the same boombox he used for his early lo-fi releases, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. The full-band edition of the Mountain Goats returned in October 2020 with Getting into Knives, a sleek and tuneful effort that was recorded in Memphis shortly before the pandemic lockdown went into effect. Released in June 2021, Dark in Here would be the Mountain Goats' third release in less than a year-and-a-half; recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, it featured keyboard work from the legendary songwriter and producer <a href="spotify:artist:6GwM53df9UWtthcHHBiPpS">Spooner Oldham</a>. 

In January 2022, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> published his third novel, Devil House, a thriller about a true crime writer who gets more than he bargained for when he's invited to spend time at a house where a infamous murder took place. For the audiobook edition, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> and his Mountain Goats bandmate Matt Douglas composed original music to accompany the narration. It wasn't long after the book came out that <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> started work on the next Mountain Goats album. A collection of songs about getting even and the consequences of bad behavior informed by crime films of the 1970s and '80s, Bleed Out was produced by Alicia Bognanno of the band <a href="spotify:artist:34LdbFt5sVXKTJOzf1iExQ">Bully</a>, who also played guitar and keyboards on the sessions. The album was released on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Merge%22">Merge</a> in August 2022. 

For 2023's Jenny from Thebes, <a href="spotify:artist:5LuRao2ppqg5wDkm0UKA7O">Darnielle</a> returned to a character from 2002's All Hail West Texas, a woman whose home is a sanctuary and crash pad for misfits of all stripes, much to the chagrin of many in her community. The album was recorded in Tulsa, Oklahoma with producer Trina Shoemaker; Alicia Bognanno, who worked on Bleed Out, returned to play guitar on the sessions, and <a href="spotify:artist:1NqYS3IXONLV0ZOmKOjbml">Kathy Valentine</a> of <a href="spotify:artist:2mG8HHQ9S9kcbjcrb5N1FE">the Go-Go's</a> contributed backing vocals. ~ Mark Deming & Steve Legget, Rovi

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Twenty years of making it through this year if it kills us

Happy 2026 everybody let’s hope we can make it through this year even if it kills us lol.

Happy New Year everyone. We&#39;ll make it to 2027 if it kills us.

Happy New Year everyone. We'll make it to 2027 if it kills us.

made it through 2025. Dad didn&#39;t. I&#39;m on my own now and having to figure a lot of shit out. I&#39;m gonna make it through this one.

made it through 2025. Dad didn't. I'm on my own now and having to figure a lot of shit out. I'm gonna make it through this one.

yeah it’s starting to look like a blood-on-my-face kinda year. may we all make it through if it kills us

Congrats to everyone who made it through this year (even if it killed you). You&#39;ve done it before. You can do it again. See you next year.

Congrats to everyone who made it through this year (even if it killed you).
You've done it before. You can do it again. See you next year.

I love the confidence of posting this 20 years after the song originally came out

I listen to this song every new years to remind myself I made it

1.) perfect day to post 2.) thank god we have a high quality version of this video

1.) perfect day to post 
2.) thank god we have a high quality version of this video

From october 2010 to oct 2011 this song got me through alot. On oct 31 2011 i got sober. Just after makijg it through that year. Ive got thirteen years clean now.

Damn the lead singer looks exactly like i would imagine a lead singer of the band named The Montain Goats would look

I love the way he laughs at the end. As if he hasn&#39;t just sung the saddest and most terrifying song in existence.

I love the way he laughs at the end. As if he hasn't just sung the saddest and most terrifying song in existence.

This song got me through the darkest points of my life. Thanks for all the years of cynical optimism

First got into the band through an Episode of Moral orel where this song is used. Very glad I continued to listen.

this song really got me through the happiest brightest moments in my life and after 7 years sober i finally managed to relapse.

music for people who feel bad when something good happens and good when something bad happens

I love every version of this song, and I think my favourite part of this one is &quot;all die&quot; instead of &quot;both die&quot; at the end there

I love every version of this song, and I think my favourite part of this one is "all die" instead of "both die" at the end there

I&#39;d hate to sound pretentious, but I really do feel this is one of the most important songs of our generation.

I'd hate to sound pretentious, but I really do feel this is one of the most important songs of our generation.

Fun fact: “No Children” is a check box on a divorce filing.

“Mom, why did you marry dad?” “Oh, well why not?” “Well it’s just that…when he drinks, he..changes.” “Oh he doesn’t change Orel, that’s just his true nature coming out!”

“Mom, why did you marry dad?” 
“Oh, well why not?” 
“Well it’s just that…when he drinks, he..changes.” 
“Oh he doesn’t change Orel, that’s just his true nature coming out!”

love the “high schoolers making a video for a school project” energy of this

I cannot wait to scream “IM DOING THIS FOR REVENGE!” with all of you at a Mountain Goats show.

The chorus to this song means a lot to me.  Recently, I&#39;ve made some huge changes in my life that had led me to a much happier, fulfilled life.  Lost a bunch of weight, became more comfortable with my sexuality, made some deep friendships, am closer to my parents.  And every time it gets hard, I keep thinking &quot;I&#39;m doing this for revenge.&quot;  To all the people who ever discouraged me.  Who ever said &quot;you&#39;re less than.&quot;  I&#39;m getting revenge on those people with my joy.    And when I think of my little 10 year old self, confused, scared, uncertain... I think of him and tell him &quot;I&#39;m doing this for you.  I&#39;m doing this... for you.&quot;

The chorus to this song means a lot to me.  Recently, I've made some huge changes in my life that had led me to a much happier, fulfilled life.  Lost a bunch of weight, became more comfortable with my sexuality, made some deep friendships, am closer to my parents.  And every time it gets hard, I keep thinking "I'm doing this for revenge."  To all the people who ever discouraged me.  Who ever said "you're less than."  I'm getting revenge on those people with my joy.    And when I think of my little 10 year old self, confused, scared, uncertain... I think of him and tell him "I'm doing this for you.  I'm doing this... for you."

Some say Jon is still trying to climb the fence

This is the only song on Gimli son of Gloin&#39;s ipod shuffle as he ran from Tol Brandir to Eastemnet

This is the only song on Gimli son of Gloin's ipod shuffle as he ran from Tol Brandir to Eastemnet

Running my first marathon in October for my sister who passed away from cervical adenosarcoma. Trying to raise some coin for penn state research. Hmm I think this is going to make the playlist.

the mountain goats doing push-ups in the streets like they&#39;re sims

the mountain goats doing push-ups in the streets like they're sims

Picturing someone filling out a form and checking the &quot;for revenge&quot; checkbox under &quot;Why are you doing this?&quot;

Picturing someone filling out a form and checking the "for revenge" checkbox under "Why are you doing this?"

I am a new mountain goats fan (*ahem* convert *cough cough*) and this is the first single release that I’ve been “present” for and all I can say is THIS ROCKS and I CANT wait for the rest of the album!!! Woohoo!!

Days

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Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan

Jenny from Thebes

JD Tells You About A Book

Bleed Out

Devil House

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Dark In Here

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'This Year' taken from The Mountain Goat's 2005 album, 'The Sunset Tree'.

Video directed & upgraded by Andy Bruntel

Lyrics:
I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
Headed north on Mills Avenue
And listened to the engine roar

My broken house behind me and good things ahead
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
Aha! Listen to the engine wine

I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
I played video games in a drunken haze
I was 17 years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of Scotch rich on my tongue

And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
Trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands
Twin high maintenance machines

I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me

I drove home in the California dusk
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
Ready for the bad things to come

I downshifted as I pulled into the driveway
The motor screaming out stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly as you might imagine
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me

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the Mountain Goats - This Year (Official Video)

the Mountain Goats play “No Children” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020

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LYRICS
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot
To piss off the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall down beneath their own weight
And I hope we hang on past the last exit
I hope it's already too late
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
Someday burns down
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away
And I never come back to this town again
In my life, I hope I lie
And tell everyone you were a good wife
And I hope you die
I hope we both die
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow
I hope it bleeds all day long
Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises
We're pretty sure they're all wrong
I hope it stays dark forever
I hope the worst isn't over
And I hope you blink before I do
And I hope I never get sober
And I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can't find one good thing to say
And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You'd stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die

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the Mountain Goats - No Children (Jordan Lake Sessions)

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LYRICS
Water dripping from the pipes down in the basement
Bare feet on a concrete floor
Notches on the wall of my solitary cell
Sweat dripping out of every pore
It feels like it takes forever
It's maybe five minutes onscreen
But the horns will swell and the strings will sound
When that flipped quarter hits the ground

I'm doing this for revenge
I'm doing this to try and stay true
I'm doing this for the ones they had to leave behind
I'm doing this for you

Keep cool down in the quiet of the morning
Sweat blood when the sun comes through
Thick mist on the pond before the temple
Headed down for the final rendezvous
Everybody ready for justice
Just another mile to go
But the strings will keen and the horns will cry
When it's just me against the sky

I'm doing this for revenge
I'm doing this to try and stay true
I'm doing this for the ones they left to twist in the wind
I'm doing this for you

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the Mountain Goats - Training Montage

the Mountain Goats play “Up The Wolves” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020

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LYRICS 
There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
No matter where you live
There'll all ways be a few things, maybe several things
That you're gonna find really difficult to forgive
There's gonna come a day when you'll feel better
You'll rise up free and easy on that day
And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air
Just when that day is coming, who can say? Who can say?
Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home
We're gonna comandeer the local airwaves
To tell the neighbors what's been going on
And they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers
In all the wrong directions and by daybreak we'll be gone
I'm gonna get myself in fighting trim
Scope out every angle of unfair advantage
I'm gonna bribe the officals, I'm gonna kill all the judges
It's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage
Our mother has been absent
Ever since we founded Rome
But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home, oh

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the Mountain Goats - Up The Wolves (Jordan Lake Sessions)

the Mountain Goats play “This Year” from Manifold Recording in North Carolina for "the Jordan Lake Sessions".

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LYRICS 
I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
Headed north on Mills Avenue
And listened to the engine roar
My broken house behind me
And good things ahead
A girl named Cathy
Wants a little of my time
Six cilinders underneath the hood
Crashing and kicking
Aha!
Listen to the engine wine
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it though this year
If it kills me
I played video games in a drunken haze
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue
And then Cathy showed up
And we hung out
Trading swigs from a bottle
All bitter and clean
Locking eyes
Holding hands
Twin high maintenance machines
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it though this year
If it kills me
I drove home in the California dusk
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
Ready for the bad things to come
I downshifted
As I pulled into the driveway
The motor screaming out
Stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly
As you might imagine
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting and dancing
In Jerusalem next year
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it though this year
If it kills me

#theMountainGoats #theJordanLakeSessions #GettingIntoKnives

the Mountain Goats - This Year (Jordan Lake Sessions)

"Clean Slate" by the Mountain Goats, off the album, Jenny from Thebes, out October 27 on Merge Records. 

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the Mountain Goats - Clean Slate (Official Lyric Video)

"Get Famous" by the Mountain Goats from their album 'Getting Into Knives' coming October 23, 2020 on Merge Records. https://smarturl.it/GettingIntoKnives

Directed by: David Hollander 
A Three Rivers Entertainment Production
Produced by: John Radulovic 
Co-Written by: Nate Hollander 
Edited by: Miriam Kim

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the Mountain Goats - Get Famous (Official Music Video)

the Mountain Goats - the Jordan Lake Sessions Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020

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John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, piano
Peter Hughes – bass
Matt Douglas – keyboards, guitar, saxophone, piano
Jon Wurster – drums

 (Volume 1) 
1 The Plague 
2 Aulon Raid
3 Cry for Judas 
4 Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 
5 Until I Am Whole 
6 Younger 
7 Heel Turn 2 
8 Southwestern Territory 
9 The Diaz Brothers 
10 Genesis 30:3 
11 1 Samuel 15:23 
12 Heretic Pride 
13 Estate Sale Sign 
14 Getting Into Knives 
15 Lion's Teeth 
16 This Year 
17 No Children 

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the Mountain Goats - the Jordan Lake Sessions (Volume 1)

the Mountain Goats play “Heel Turn 2” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on August 8 & 9, 2020

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LYRICS 
Get stomped like a snake
Lie down in the dirt
Cling to my convictions
Even when I get hurt
Be an upstanding well-loved man about town
In your child's mind that's how it goes down
But I tried
The losing side
I don't want to die in here
I don't want to die in here
Drift down into the new dark light
Without any reservations
You found my breaking point
Congratulations
Spent too much of my life now trying to play fair
Throw my better self overboard, shoot at him when he comes up for air
Come unhinged
Get revenge
I don't want to die in here
I don't want to die in here
Stay good under pressure
For years and years and years
President of the fan club up there
Choking on his tears
Let all the trash rain down
From way up in the rafters
I'm walking out of here in one piece
Don't care what comes after
Drive the wedge
Torch the bridge
I don't want to die in here

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the Mountain Goats - Heel Turn 2 (Jordan Lake Sessions)

"Cold at Night," a song about a shipwreck and its immediate aftermath, from our forthcoming album: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan—a story of momentary visions away from the world, due 7 November 2025.

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the Mountain Goats - “Cold at Night” (Official Visualizer)

From the album "Jenny From Thebes," out October 27 on Merge Records

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Illustration by Daniel Murphy
Animation by Stephanie O'Byrne

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FRESH TATTOO

Tattoo of the seventh shield
Still wet on my skin
You’re all crumpled up at the curb there
I think I’m going to take you in
Always had to follow my instincts
Usually I’m out on my own
You there by the road, wet and helpless
What happens if I take you home?

Well, you may forget the whys and where's
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
But usually you recall the day you got one
And usually it fades in the sun

Headed for a season in exile
As the oracle predicted
According to reliable sources
In thirty days I’m getting evicted
Trying not to scratch where it itches
It takes a certain level of discipline
Not even half a second by the light switch
Let the future flood right in

Well, you may forget the whys and where's
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
But usually you recall the day you got one
And usually it fades in the sun

Usually the lines grow faint
Like old house paint
Just a way to mark the years gone by
You lay on the couch three weeks
Until the color came back into your cheeks
I’d seen ones like you before
Plenty came through before

Legend on the shield in Greek
“What’s that say?” you said
I gave you an answer that I thought you’d buy
All of this will disappear in the twinkling of an eye

Well, you may forget the whys and where's
Of an old tattoo on your forearm there
But usually you recall the day you got one
And usually it fades in the sun
But not this one


Recorded January 16–22, 2023, at the Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Trina Shoemaker, assisted by Isaiah Page and Cade Roberts. Mastered by Brent Lambert. 

Played by Alicia Bognanno, John Darnielle, Matt Douglas, Peter Hughes, and Jon Wurster, joined by Matt Nathanson and Kathy Valentine. Arrangements for strings and horns by Matt Douglas; strings played by Karen Galvin. Trombone by Evan Ringel.

the Mountain Goats - Fresh Tattoo (Official Lyric Video)

"Dark In Here" by the Mountain Goats from their new album 'Dark In Here' coming June 25, 2021 on Merge Records. Pre order now: http://smarturl.it/DarkinHere

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LYRICS 
Steal away at sundown, pick a place to hide
Check for signs of ambush, hunker down inside
Tired of running, tired of never standing still
Hear them riding up the hill

Men whose ribs are showing through their skin
Bringing up the rear
It’s high noon somewhere
It’s dark in here

Stack my ammunition, be ready when you come
You who thirst for action, I will give you some
When the smoke dies down, you can rest assured
We will know who kept his word

You who stood so proud once
I can taste your fear
You blazed like torches
It’s dark in here

It’s dark as a coal mine filling up with gas
I stand ready for the blast

Will you be ready when your moment comes?
Will your hand be steady when you reach down for your guns?
Did you leave your house in order when you came for me?
Is this really where you meant to be?

Just beyond your limits
Find the new frontier
I live in the darkness
It’s dark in here

#theMountainGoats #DarkInHere

the Mountain Goats - Dark In Here

"Mark on You" by the Mountain Goats from their new album 'Bleed Out' coming August 19th, 2022 on Merge Records. Pre Order Now: https://lnk.to/BleedOut

Animation: Stuart Inamura

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LYRICS
When this is over
When we leave this all behind us
Deep in the moonless night
When the rescue team finds us
It’s going to get so dark for you
I’m going to leave a mark on you

Can’t trust anybody
Even the tough ones crack
Train up a swordsman
To stab you in the back

I Know This Much Is True
I’m going to leave a mark on you

No man knows
The hour, or the day
But the mark is going to be visible
From several blocks away

Maybe you’ll make it
To the far side of the hill
Maybe you will see me coming
But I don’t think you will

Make peace with your family
Walk softly on this earth

#theMountainGoats #MarkonYou #bleedout

the Mountain Goats - Mark on You

"Make You Suffer" by the Mountain Goats from their new album 'Bleed Out' is out on August 19th, 2022 on Merge Records. Order & stream the album Now: https://lnk.to/BleedOut

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LYRICS
I’m going to rise up early every day
Overcome every obstacle in my way
Keep a secret chamber in my heart clean
Polish every surface to a brilliant sheen
Remain positive and stay on the grind
And banish every other thought from my mind

I’m going to make you suffer
I’m going to make you suffer
Let your yes be yes, and let your no come from deep in your belly
I’m going to make you suffer

There was a captain many years at sea
Living the life of the sailor, rugged and free
Nothing but the sky to sing him to sleep at night
Safe in the arms of the ocean — no land in sight
Out on the waves, you try to keep warm
Nobody here to sound the alarm

I’m going to make you suffer
I’m going to make you suffer
The first in line will receive the full brunt of the blow
I’m going to make you suffer

Woke up from a dream whimpering like an infant
Over time people tell me their dreams grow distant
And they learn to love the lives they lead
No more hungry ghosts in the chimney to feed
You often hear stories like these
Someday I will see you on your knees

I’m going to make you suffer
I’m going to make you suffer
Say what you like, there won’t be anybody listening
I’m going to make you suffer

#themountaingoats #bleedout #makeyousuffer

the Mountain Goats - Make You Suffer

"Mobile" by the Mountain Goats from their new album 'Dark In Here' coming June 25, 2021 on Merge Records. Pre order now: http://smarturl.it/DarkinHere

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LYRICS
[Verse 1]
Jonah went down to the docks to flee from the wrath of the Lord
But the mark on his forehead was visible to everybody on board
They threw him down into the water but he did not drown

[Refrain]
I’m on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down

[Verse 2]
Now the Lord told the great fish, be free of your burden
And Jonah emerged from his darkness like a dancer crashing through the curtain
And the plant grew but it withered and it shriveled up and turned brown

[Refrain]
I’m on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down

[Bridge]
Lord, if you won’t keep me safe and warm
Then send down the storm
Send down the storm

[Verse 3]
Jonah was sure he heard voices, maybe just one voice but real clear
And where he went, the voice followed, sometimes hardly loud enough to hear
“Shall I not spare the wise with the wicked? Hold back my wrath from this town?”

[Refrain]
I’m on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down

[Outro]
May I address the foreman of the jury?
Why do you hold back your fury?
Don’t hold back your fury

#theMountainGoats #Mobile #DarkInHere

the Mountain Goats - Mobile

“Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds” live in Boston #newmusic #live #alternative #mountaingoats

Stephen Colbert has always been such a great supporter of us. Thank you ❤️ @ColbertLateShow

9 years of Goths - here’s a look back at “Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds” live on @kexp

Nice to be back on the road and to play the new one, “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds” #live

From the announcement livestream via Instagram on May 13th, 2026. Our new album Days is out on August 7th, 2026, on our label Cadmean Dawn! Pre-order/pre-save: https://30tgrs.ffm.to/days

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A Quick Chat About Our New Album 'Days'

Official visualizer for "Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds" from The Mountain Goats' new album, 'Days,' out August 7th

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Lyrics:
Everybody's making money, everybody's riding high
who among my brethren is more beautiful than I?
who puts out on the carpet? who knows ahead of time
which camera he should turn to when it's time to say his line?
I'm watching movies, heart pounding like a drum
call out in the dark for somebody to come
do you see what I see? there's no way all that's fake!
only so much a good man can take
but you can't fight evil all alone
please, James: get the director on the phone
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion
I lead the agents back to the screening room
and in the dark we watch the blood flowers bloom
and then the credits seem to roll on forever
I know people who can find out who put this thing together
After a while, one of them said:
"Listen, Charlie, you're from Hollywood,
and the moving pictures aren't what they used to be, it's true,
but I'm not sure what you think the Bureau can do"
Gentlemen! the camera doesn't lie!
How many more innocent women must die?
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion
I will rise to this occasion

The Mountain Goats

Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan

Jenny from Thebes

The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volume 5

Bleed Out

The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 3 and 4

Dark in Here

The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 1 and 2

Getting Into Knives

Songs for Pierre Chuvin

In League with Dragons

Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds

Put the Message in the Box / Migrations

Cold at Night / Rocks in My Pockets

Armies of the Lord

Welcome to Passaic

Sentries in the Ambush / Divided Sky Lane

Aquarium Drunkard's Lagniappe Session

Hex of Infinite Binding EP

Song for Sasha Banks

Marsh Witch Visions

tick, tick... BOOM! (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)

Music From The Motion Picture Paper Towns

Weeds (Music from the Original Series)

The Long Secret (A Harriet Records Compilation)

This Is The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats Radio

00s Indie Folk

Mixtape #5 Celine Song "love songs about cities"