The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (Vinyl) Alex Izenberg rising blushes of soft distortion

rising blushes of soft distortion

From their remix of Salmonella Dub’s 'They Are Among Us'

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now marked as forerunners of the post-punk movement

The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (Vinyl) Alex Izenberg rising blushes of soft distortionLin Manuel Miranda provides backing vocals on the latest full length release from John Darnielle's The Mountain Goats, that was created from notes about a dream Darnielle had. Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album in a decade, maybe even since Transcendental Youth. Its sumptuously crafted, full of gallows humour and as with so much of Darnielles best work delving below the surface reveals layers of deeper meaning