The Mountain Goats are one of my favorite bands that nobody else seems to dig. I try to get so many people to appreciate the genius of John Darnielle, but 95% of the time it ends up in me swearing at them and getting called a music snob. So I’m not going to try to tell you why you should like The Mountain Goats, but I will say that I love them.
Here’s a new track from the upcoming The Life Of The World To Come. I haven’t listened to it yet, but I’ll admit the song titles worried me a little at first glance. John offers an explanation on mountain-goats.com:
I guess the obvious question is going to be: “John, have you had some sort of religious awakening?” and while I guess lots of people might want to be coy about answering that, that’s never really been my style, so: no. It’s not like that. It’s not some heavy-narrative-distance deal either, though, and it’s not a screed. It’s twelve new songs: twelve hard lessons the Bible taught me, kind of. More than that I’d want to wait to say until some people have heard it, which won’t be long. Will there be more news soon, quite soon? Like, next week, even? Oh yes there will!
The Life Of The World To Come:
1. 1 Samuel 15:23
2. Psalms 40:2
3. Genesis 3:23
4. Philippians 3:20-21
5. Hebrews 11:40
6. Genesis 30:3
7. Romans 10:9
8. 1 John 4:16
9. Matthew 25:21
10. Deuteronomy 2:10
11. Isaiah 45:23
12. Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace
Release date: October 6, 2009
The Mountain Goats – Genesis 3:23 | Boxstr
