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guy who has listened to 10 mountain goats songs: you have to check out cry for judas

guy who has listened to 100 mountain goats songs: you have to check out four new trees, which was never released and only leaked onto the internet in 2007 without jd’s permission, and has to be manually pitch corrected to hear properly

guy who has listened to 1000 mountain goats songs: you have to check out cry for judas

awkwardtuatara

at least you can listen to Mountain Goats songs that make you want to rip something out of your chest

skaraptor

im gonna allow myself to believe that the name choice was purposeful

waterloggedsoliloquy

there needs to be an update to this post that fits the post-2008 period because all his modern songs are like. I wasn't scared of dying for far too long. Stories filled with blood get told to feel alive. There's nothing you won't do when the vampire pulls you. And you're too far gone to question why.

eternalgirlscout

my personal favorites

princesskuragina

my contribution

stutter-like-a-kaleidescope

A Mountain Goats Chronology

Early 90s song called Going to Moldova: (all one word) “hellopeterandmikethisisjohnitsthemorningoffebruarytwentythirdandithoughticouldplaythissongbetterthistime. so. here it is” *microphone immediately peaks* *guitar string breaks* “I woke up on the morning one week after you broke my heart and I felt / kind of bad”

Late-90s song called Alpha Double Indemnity: *whirring of the boombox* *lallitree plunks three notes on the banjo* *john strumming a major chord with one string extremely out of tune* “living on whiskey and pomegranates can only get me so far / down to the darkest depths with you”

Early 2000s 4AD era semi-autobiographical song: *most heartbreaking acoustic guitar riff you’ve ever heard* John, remembering to sing about half the time “I had two twinkies yesterday for breakfast / and met some friends at the abandoned hospital lot” *cello countermelody*

Modern era songs: *funky bass breakdown* *electric keyboard jazz chord* John (happier than he’s ever been) “I’m gonna stick a pencil in your eye and leave your body where the cops will never find you” *name drops character from 1993 cassette-only B-side* *flugelhorn solo*

snowcrushkiller

but early goats is like [song title that is connected to the content if you squint] [unrelated audio sample] [john experiences a basic emotion but renders it nearly unrecognizable in an anecdote about daily life] i cant leave my house or perform basic tasks. i am eating food with my hands. [starts to reflect on the unreliability of perception and memory] you are in this song but i dont know who you are. i am in this song but i dont know who i am. i am eating food with my hands.. from a jar or perhaps a can. [strums thrift store guitar no pick for 30 seconds]

gh0st-patr0l

And what abt when I watch the storm all night hope it passes by. And hallucinate a shady grove where judas went to die. What then

eternalgirlscout

i love when a new mountain goats track drops and i learn something new. today john darnielle taught me that charlie sheen once watched a movie that scared him so bad he called the fbi

gunmeister

ive unlocked a higher dimension called the mountain goats dimension its the same as real life except the mountain goats has been my most listened artist for the past 28 months in a row and counting. not really sure what implications this has