Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds

by The Mountain Goats

Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 13 May 2026
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:12
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael Mishaw, Oleg Kondratenko, Thom Gill, Sam Shoup, Evan Ringel, Will McFarlane, Karen Galvin, Brad Cook, Phil Cook, John Darnielle, Austin Nevins, Jon Wurster, Alicia Bognanno, Matt Douglas, Johnny Spence, Owen Pallett, Brandon Eggleston, Reba Russell, Franklin Bruno, Alastair Galbraith, Jason Eskridge, Bram Gielen, Nathan Golub, Erik Friedlander, Christopher McGuire, Annie Clark, The National Symphony Chorus, Matt Ross-Spang, Nora Danielson, Everett Drake, Susan Marshall, Michael Ivins, Scott Solter, Sarah Arslanian, Trina Shoemaker, John Fowles, Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Tom Clary, Rachel Ware, John Vanderslice, Peter Hughes

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds' features John Darnielle's signature narrative precision, constructing a character study grounded in contemporary pop-culture notoriety. The arrangement prioritizes acoustic foundations and articulate vocal delivery, characteristic of the project's long-standing storytelling tradition. It functions as a singular vignette that explores the intersections of public persona and institutional paranoia through a witty and literary lens.

Genres

Descriptors: narrative, witty, acoustic, literary

Tracklist

  1. Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds (3:12)

Credits

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