Goths

by The Mountain Goats

Goths cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 May 2017
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 55:07
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Jason Eskridge, John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, The National Symphony Chorus, Everett Drake, Brandon Eggleston, Jon Wurster, Michael Mishaw

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing his streak of highly specific conceptual albums, John Darnielle crafts an entire record exploring the fading subculture of 1980s goth rock. Notably, the album was recorded entirely without the use of guitars, relying instead on lush Rhodes pianos, synthesizers, and jazzy woodwinds. It is an incredibly empathetic, surprisingly mellow reflection on aging out of youth movements and finding suburban compromise.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, conceptual, piano, witty, literary, folk, male-vocals, storytelling, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Rain in Soho (4:46)
  2. Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds (4:18)
  3. The Grey King and the Silver Flame Attunement (4:54)
  4. We Do It Different on the West Coast (5:20)
  5. Unicorn Tolerance (5:24)
  6. Stench of the Unburied (4:29)
  7. Wear Black (4:10)
  8. Paid in Cocaine (3:57)
  9. Rage of Travers (5:53)
  10. Shelved (4:01)
  11. For the Portuguese Goth Metal Bands (4:09)
  12. Abandoned Flesh (3:41)

Credits

  • The Mountain Goats - primary artist
  • Matt Douglas - arranged by [all woodwinds arranged by], woodwind, vocals, keyboards [additional keys], additional keyboard, woodwindarranger, vocal
  • Daniel Perry - arranged by [vocal arrangement]
  • Robert Bailey - arranged by [vocal arrangement], vocals
  • Peter Hughes - bass, vocals, words by, vocal
  • Jon Wurster - drums, percussion
  • Leela Corman - illustration
  • Andy VanDette - lacquer cut by

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