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The Mountain Goats

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  • Genre: A'cappella / Gospel / Rock

    Location Durham, North Carolina, Un

    Profile Views: 1167838

    Last Login: 3/13/2012

    Member Since 3/22/2005

    Website www.mountain-goats.com

    Record Label Merge

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    THE MOUNTAIN GOATS CONFIRM MERGE RECORDS DEBUT, 'ALL ETERNALS DECK,' OUT MARCH 29 PRODUCERS AT THE HELM: JOHN CONGLETON, BRANDON EGGLESTON, SCOTT SOLTER, AND ERIK RUTAN (MORBID ANGEL / HATE ETERNAL) The Mountain Goats have confirmed the March 29 release of 'All Eternals Deck,' their debut album for Merge Records. As with their last album, 'The Life of the World To Come,' the group treated the recording sessions as commando raids on several studios with a few different producers: four songs at North Carolina's Fidelitorium with John Congleton; one at Q Division in Boston with Brandon Eggleston; four at Brooklyn's Mission Sound with Scott Solter; and four at Mana Recording Studios in Florida, with former Morbid Angel guitarist and current Hate Eternal helmsman Erik Rutan. Describing the album, Darnielle writes, "If you have ever watched say a 70s occult-scare movie where one of the scenes involves a few people visiting a storefront fortune teller, getting their cards read, and then trying to feel super-hopeful about their predicted outcome when what they're visibly actually feeling is dread, then you have a pretty decent idea of what the album is all about." He elaborates, "Other possible points of reference include 'Burnt Offerings,' 'Go Ask Alice,' and that one scene in The Warriors where they're on the train and the sun's coming up and they're safe but you know the scars are permanent now." Read more from Darnielle here: http://www.mountain-goats.com/ Of 2009's 'The Life of the World to Come,' GQ said "[Darnielle's] not just one of the greatest songwriters working today—he's probably one of the greatest working writers." The album earned a 'Best New Music' nod from Pitchfork and prompted Stephen Colbert to invite the band to make its national television debut on the Colbert Report. More details about 'All Eternals Deck' will be announced soon.
  • Members

    John Darnielle, Peter Hughes and Jon Wurster
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there's a new punk in town

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS CONFIRM MERGE RECORDS DEBUT, 'ALL ETERNALS DECK,' OUT MARCH 29

PRODUCERS AT THE HELM: JOHN CONGLETON, BRANDON EGGLESTON, SCOTT SOLTER, AND ERIK RUTAN (MORBID ANGEL / HATE ETERNAL)

The Mountain Goats have confirmed the March 29 release of 'All Eternals Deck,' their debut album for Merge Records. As with their last album, 'The Life of the World To Come,' the group treated the recording sessions as commando raids on several studios with a few different producers: four songs at North Carolina's Fidelitorium with John Congleton; one at Q Division in Boston with Brandon Eggleston; four at Brooklyn's Mission Sound with Scott Solter; and four at Mana Recording Studios in Florida, with former Morbid Angel guitarist and current Hate Eternal helmsman Erik Rutan.

Describing the album, Darnielle writes, "If you have ever watched say a 70s occult-scare movie where one of the scenes involves a few people visiting a storefront fortune teller, getting their cards read, and then trying to feel super-hopeful about their predicted outcome when what they're visibly actually feeling is dread, then you have a pretty decent idea of what the album is all about." He elaborates, "Other possible points of reference include 'Burnt Offerings,' 'Go Ask Alice,' and that one scene in The Warriors where they're on the train and the sun's coming up and they're safe but you know the scars are permanent now." Read more from Darnielle here: http://www.mountain-goats.com/

Of 2009's 'The Life of the World to Come,' GQ said "[Darnielle's] not just one of the greatest songwriters working today—he's probably one of the greatest working writers." The album earned a 'Best New Music' nod from Pitchfork and prompted Stephen Colbert to invite the band to make its national television debut on the Colbert Report.

More details about 'All Eternals Deck' will be announced soon.

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