
The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here
When the ever-prolific Mountain Goats got together in March 2020, it was to make not one album, but two. The idea was to again work with Matt Ross-Spang, who suggested they spend a week at Sam Phillips Recording, his home base in Memphis, followed by another at the storied FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, a plan that dovetailed nicely with the band’s notion of corralling these songs into two complementary batches: one light, one dark.
The Memphis album Getting Into Knives, would be brighter, bolder, marked by rich and vibrant hues; the Muscle Shoals album Dark in Here, is quieter, smokier, but more deeply textured and intense - more stripped down and intimate than the lush arrangements of Getting Into Knives. If you’re looking for a governing theme here, it’s calamity, as all the songs are either anticipating one or reflecting one that’s already happened.
TRACKLIST:
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Parisian Enclave
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The Destruction of the Kola
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Superdeep Borehole Tower
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Mobile
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Dark in Here
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Lizard Suit
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When a Powerful Animal Comes
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To the Headless Horseman
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The New Hydra Collection
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The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums
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Before I Got There
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Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review
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Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light
- Double-LP housed in gatefold jacket with 9mm spine
- LP side D features etching
- CD housed in card sleeve with 16-page booklet
also available:
The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives 2LP | CD
The Mountain Goats - Songs For Pierre Chuvin LP | CD
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