The Mountain Goats - Dark In Here (June 25, 2021) • Page 5

Kola Superdeep is great

 

Goths is one of their best lyrically but most of it does nothing for me musically

 

this record is actually kind of perfect for warm summer nights. @Craig Manning not sure if this band has been your thing in the past but give it a try.

 

Yeah, I've actually never heard a Mountain Goats song. Perhaps now is the time to change that.

 

Yeah, his lyrical style (short stories) and voice can take a little getting used to, but I find the writing to be powerful when you sink into it.

One of the session players on this album is Spooner Oldham, who played Wurlitzer on Aretha’s Lady Soul and I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. Definitely feel like that adds to the dusky sound.

 

Love the new one. Kola Superdeep is fucking GREAT

Here's my ranking, sorry if I'm forgetting one or two

Tier A

We Shall All Be Healed - "Against Pollution" is prob my favourite song of all time
The Sunset Tree - best realized album imo
Tallahassee - this was my first TMG album and I wore it out
All Hail West Texas - my fave of the early albums
Transcendental Youth - the best latter day album, love White Cedar and the Gladiators
Zopilote Machine - spotty but the high points are high
In League With Dragons - super underrated, the first half is insanely good
The Life Of The World To Come - these songs work better live but they're amazing
Get Lonely - I need to listen to this more but I do love it

Tier B

The Coroner's Gambit
Full Force Galesburg
Sweden
Dark In Here
Songs For Pierre Chuvin
Getting Into Knives

Tier C

All Eternals Deck - I listened to this five times and it made zero impact
Heretic Pride - "Autoclave" is great and the rest made no impression
Goths - I actively dislike this album
Beat The Champ - same

 

I can't handle seeing Beat the Champ at the bottom of that list. Crazy.

 

Beat the Champ is the best post-AED record

 

Maybe I need to give it another shot!

 

Setlists from the first shows of tour

The Mountain Goats Setlist at The Orange Peel, Asheville

The Mountain Goats Setlist at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta

 

He played Going To Georgia at the Asheville show which I thought he hated and avoided playing but I guess not

 

Cannot wait for my date.

 

I’m tempted to go to one of the Chicago shows but since they’re sold out I don’t want to pay resale prices. I’ll probably just keep checking and see if anyone is selling one for normal price closer to the shows and if not, they tour so much I’ll catch them next time.

 

He performed a brand new unreleased song on tour in Asheville

 

Finally seeing them for the first time tonight!

 

Beat the Champ is top 5 for sure

 

@troyplaysbass how was the show?

 

So good. The songs from the last couple albums were surprising highlights. They worked much better live than I expected.

 

In a nice turn of events I might be seeing them tonight. Wooooohoooo!

 

Aside from there being a thunderstorm when I left and being stuck on the subway due to it, it was a great night. They killed it on stage. The newer songs absolutely sounded great live.

 

John played "Original Air-Blue Gown" solo for the first time live since 1997 last night and it was very cool.

 

Damn I love that song, that rules

 

Last night was my first time seeing them live. Really good set. John Darnielle was really talkative too