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Goat Girl's first album (called Goat Girl). They've had two since then, including one released in the past few weeks; can't comment on that one. But the first one is stripped-down, raw, awesome. Also, dozens of covers of Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home." Everyone has covered this 50-year-old song; it's a masterpiece.
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One of the very first albums that I listened to by EBTG, changed me.
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Iāve always loved The Mountain Goats for John Darnielle and companyās emotive and literary folk rock, but I had (up until now) mainly listened to the ācanonicalā releases (saying this b/c ik John would find it absurd) like All Hail West Texas, The Sunset Tree and Tallahasse.
Like I said, this was until recently. I have had this new interest in the Mountain Goats, diving headfirst into the podcast āI Only Listen to the Mountain Goatsā where Darnielle and the host of Welcome to Nightvale discussed songs off of āAll Hail West Texas.ā This made me decide to look back and listen to some MG records I hadnt yet listened to, leading me to Full Force Galesburg.
The wroting is superb, and the production goes back and forth from a more polished sound and the boombox folk of something like āWest Texas.ā It to me is this nice combo of later recordsā instrumentation and the early recordsā raw expression. The album mostly consists of Danielleās solo vocals over guitar and the occasional string arrangement (tho a good few tracks include the whole band to delightsome effect). The simplicity of the record is its strongest attribute, and I recommend anyone whoās at least vaguely aware of the Mountain Goats and likes what theyāve heard to give the record a listen
Like I said, this was until recently. I have had this new interest in the Mountain Goats, diving headfirst into the podcast āI Only Listen to the Mountain Goatsā where Darnielle and the host of Welcome to Nightvale discussed songs off of āAll Hail West Texas.ā This made me decide to look back and listen to some MG records I hadnt yet listened to, leading me to Full Force Galesburg.
The wroting is superb, and the production goes back and forth from a more polished sound and the boombox folk of something like āWest Texas.ā It to me is this nice combo of later recordsā instrumentation and the early recordsā raw expression. The album mostly consists of Danielleās solo vocals over guitar and the occasional string arrangement (tho a good few tracks include the whole band to delightsome effect). The simplicity of the record is its strongest attribute, and I recommend anyone whoās at least vaguely aware of the Mountain Goats and likes what theyāve heard to give the record a listen
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