Sweden

by The Mountain Goats

Sweden cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 December 1995
  • Label: Shrimper
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:29
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

John Darnielle's incredibly prolific indie-folk project continued its legendary run of lo-fi, Panasonic boombox-recorded masterpieces. Featuring prominent, heavily distorted contributions from bassist Rachel Ware, the remarkably raw acoustic strumming perfectly supports Darnielle's fiercely intellectual, highly literate narratives of desperate lovers and profound, cold isolation. The remarkably intimate, tape-hiss-drenched recording remains a highly revered, essential document of the 1990s cassette-culture underground.

Genres

Descriptors: Lo Fi, lo-fi, acoustic, confessional, storytelling, folk, minimal

Tracklist

  1. The Recognition Scene
  2. Downtown Seoul
  3. Some Swedish Trees
  4. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
  5. Deianara Crush
  6. Whole Wide World
  7. Flashing Lights
  8. Sept 19 Triple X Love! Love!
  9. Going To Queens
  10. TahitianAmbrosia Maker
  11. Going To Bolivia
  12. Tollund Man
  13. California Song
  14. Snow Crush Killing Song
  15. Send Me An Angel
  16. Neon Orange Glimmer Song
  17. FM
  18. Prana Ferox
  19. Cold Milk Bottle

Credits

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