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{{short description|American band}}
{{other uses|Mountain goat (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Mountain Goats
| name = The Mountain Goats
| image = Mountainsgoatscropped.jpg
| image = The Mountain Goats5.jpg
| caption = [[John Darnielle]] of The Mountain Goats in 2010
| alt = The Mountain Goats in 2014
| caption = The Mountain Goats in 2014
| landscape = yes
| background = group_or_band
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Claremont, CA]]
| origin = [[Claremont, California]], United States
| genre = [[Indie folk]], [[indie rock]], [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]]
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Indie folk]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hodgkinson|first1=Will|title=Pop: The Mountain Goats: ''Goths''|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pop-the-mountain-goats-goths-j6chdqtdh|website=[[The Times]]|access-date=11 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519114853/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pop-the-mountain-goats-goths-j6chdqtdh|archive-date=19 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[indie rock]]
* [[folk rock]]
* [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]]
}}
| years_active = 1991–present
| years_active = 1991–present
| label = [[Merge Records]]<br> [[4AD Records]]<br> [[Shrimper Records]]<br> [[Absolutely Kosher]]<br> Ajax<br> Emperor Jones<br>[[3 Beads of Sweat Records]]<br>[[Yoyo Records]]
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Merge Records|Merge]]
* [[4AD Records|4AD]]
* [[Shrimper Records|Shrimper]]
* [[Absolutely Kosher]]
* Ajax|Emperor Jones
* 3 Beads of Sweat Records
* Yoyo Records
}}
| associated_acts = [[The Extra Lens]], The Seneca Twins, The Bloody Hawaiians, The Congress, [[John Vanderslice]], [[Kaki King]], [[Owen Pallett]]
| current_members =
| current_members = [[John Darnielle]]<br>[[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]]<br>[[Jon Wurster]]<br>[[Owen Pallett]]
* [[John Darnielle]]
* [[Jon Wurster]]
* Matt Douglas
| past_members =
* [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]]
* Rachel Ware
}}
}}


'''The Mountain Goats''' are an American band formed in [[Claremont, California]], by singer-songwriter [[John Darnielle]]. The band is currently based in [[Durham, North Carolina]]. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has worked with a variety of collaborators over time, including bassist and vocalist [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]], drummer [[Jon Wurster]], multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas, singer-songwriter [[Franklin Bruno]], bassist and vocalist Rachel Ware, singer-songwriter/[[Record producer|producer]] [[John Vanderslice]], guitarist [[Kaki King]], and multi-instrumentalist [[St. Vincent (musician)|Annie Clark]].<ref name="tmg_bio">{{cite web| title = The Mountain Goats Bio| website = Mountain-goats.com| url = http://www.mountain-goats.com/bio.html| access-date = June 7, 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130707093335/http://www.mountain-goats.com/bio.html| archive-date = July 7, 2013}}</ref>
'''The Mountain Goats''' (stylized "the Mountain Goats") are an American [[folk rock]] band formed in [[Claremont, California]] by singer-songwriter [[John Darnielle]]. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker.

Darnielle remains the sole core member of the band, but has worked with a variety of collaborators over the years, including bassist [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]], drummer [[Jon Wurster]] (of [[Superchunk]]), singer-songwriter [[Franklin Bruno]], bassist and vocalist Rachel Ware, singer-songwriter/producer [[John Vanderslice]], guitarist [[Kaki King]], and [[Annie Clark]] (of [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]]).<ref name=4ad>{{cite web|url=http://4ad.com/artists/themountaingoats |title=The Mountain Goats |publisher=4AD |date= |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name=tmgn_faq>{{cite web| authorlink = | title = the Mountain Goats FAQ | publisher = themountaingoats.net| url = http://www.themountaingoats.net/faq.html| accessdate = February 16, 2009}}</ref>


Throughout the 1990s, the Mountain Goats were known for producing "militantly lo-fi" [[home recording]]s (most famously, on a [[boom box]]) and releasing recordings in [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] or [[7" single|vinyl 7"]] formats.<ref name=am_bio>{{cite web| last = Nickey| first = Jason| authorlink = | title = The Mountain Goats: Biography| work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Macrovision Corporation]]| year = 2008 | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169495|pure_url=yes}}| accessdate = February 16, 2009}}</ref> Since 2002, the Mountain Goats have transitioned to a more polished approach, recording studio albums with a full band.<ref name=4ad /><ref name= am_bio />
Throughout the 1990s, the Mountain Goats were known for producing [[Lo-fi music|low-fidelity]] [[home recording]]s (most notably, on a [[cassette deck]] [[boombox]]) and releasing recordings in [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] or [[7-inch single|vinyl 7-inch]] formats.<ref name="am_bio">{{cite web| last = Nickey| first = Jason| title = The Mountain Goats: Biography| work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Macrovision Corporation]]| year = 2008 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169495|pure_url=yes}}| access-date = February 16, 2009}}</ref> Since 2002, the Mountain Goats have adopted a more polished approach, often recording studio albums with a full band.<ref name= am_bio /><ref name="4ad">{{cite web|url=http://4ad.com/artists/themountaingoats |title=The Mountain Goats |publisher=4AD |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
The band's name is a reference to the [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] song "Yellow Coat".<ref name="am_bio" /> Darnielle released his first recording as the Mountain Goats (''[[Taboo VI: The Homecoming]]'', on [[Shrimper Records]]) in 1991.<ref name="am_bio" /> Many of his first recordings and performances featured Darnielle accompanied by members of the all-girl reggae band the Casual Girls, who became known as the Bright Mountain Choir. One of this group's members, Rachel Ware, continued to accompany Darnielle on bass, both live and in studio, until 1995.<ref name="tmgn_faq">{{cite web|url=http://www.themountaingoats.net/faq.html|title=the Mountain Goats FAQ|website=Themountaingoats.net|access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>


The first five years of the Mountain Goats' career saw a prolific output of songs on cassette, vinyl and CD. These releases spanned multiple labels and countries of origin, often released in limited numbers. The focus of the Mountain Goats project was the urgency of writing.<ref>Brown, "Sermon on the Mount", June 1999.</ref> Songs not recorded adequately to tape within days of being written were often forgotten.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} Cassette releases during this time include ''The Hound Chronicles'', ''Transmissions to Horace'', ''Hot Garden Stomp'', ''Taking the Dative'', and ''Yam, the King of Crops''.
The Mountain Goats are currently based in [[Durham, California]], where he attended [[Pitzer College]] and worked as an electrical technician.<ref name=am_bio /> The band's name is a reference to the [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] song "Yellow Coat".<ref name=am_bio /> Darnielle released his first album, ''[[Taboo VI: The Homecoming]]'', on [[Shrimper Records]].<ref name=am_bio /> Many of his first recordings and performances featured Darnielle accompanied by members of the all-girl reggae band [[The Casual Girls]], who became known as [[The Bright Mountain Choir]]. One of this group's members, [[Rachel Ware]], continued to accompany Darnielle on bass, both live and in studio, until 1995.<ref name=tmgn_faq />


In 1994, the Mountain Goats released their first full-length [[studio album]], ''[[Zopilote Machine]]'', on [[Ajax Records]]. It is the band's only full album featuring the entirety of the Bright Mountain Choir.
On November 24, 1996, Darnielle announced a vow to "clear his musical tendency for profanity" to promote a more optimistic reception to the ideas outlined in his material.


===1995–2000: ''Sweden'', ''Nothing for Juice'', ''Full Force Galesburg'', and ''The Coroner's Gambit''===
The first five years of the Mountain Goats' career saw a prolific output of songs on cassette, vinyl and CD. These releases spanned multiple labels and countries of origin; many were unavailable to the majority of fans until recent reissues.
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2018}}
[[File:Peter_hughes_9_23_07.jpg|thumb|[[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] in 2007]]By 1995, most of what could be considered classic Mountain Goats conventions (boom-box recording, song series, Latin quotes, and mythological themes) were abandoned in favor of a more thematically focused and experimental sound.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} This period was marked by Darnielle's collaborations with other artists including [[Alastair Galbraith (musician)|Alastair Galbraith]] and [[Simon Joyner]]. In November 1996, Darnielle announced a vow to "clear his musical tendency for profanity" to promote a more optimistic reception to the ideas outlined in his material.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}


In 1995, the album ''[[Sweden (album)|Sweden]]'' was released. Soon after its recording, a sequel titled ''[[Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg]]'' was recorded, but never released. It remained unheard by the general public until 2007, when it was leaked against Darnielle's wishes. In 1996, the Mountain Goats released the album ''[[Nothing for Juice]]'', and ''[[Full Force Galesburg]]'' the following year. Rachel Ware left the band between recording the two albums, and bassist [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] took over her position.
The focus of the Mountain Goats project was the urgency of writing.<ref>Brown, "Sermon on the Mount", June 1999.</ref> Songs not recorded adequately to tape within days of being written were often forgotten.


Between 1998 and 2000, the Mountain Goats slowed down their prolific output, releasing ''[[The Coroner's Gambit]]'' in October 2000. The album partially returned to the band's roots, as most songs were sporadically recorded on Darnielle's old [[Panasonic]] RX-FT500 [[cassette deck]] [[Boombox]], which produced a loud background noise to the songs.
Darnielle graduated from [[Pitzer College]] in 1995. Most of what could be considered classic Mountain Goats conventions (boom-box recording, song series, Latin quotes, and mythological themes) were abandoned in favor of a more thematically focused and experimental sound. This period was marked by Darnielle's collaborations with other artists including [[Alastair Galbraith (musician)|Alastair Galbraith]] and [[Simon Joyner]].


===2001–2003: ''All Hail West Texas'' and ''Tallahassee''===
2002 saw the release of two Mountain Goats albums: ''[[All Hail West Texas]]'' and ''[[Tallahassee (album)|Tallahassee]]''. These albums mark a distinct change in focus for the Mountain Goats project, being the first in a series of concept albums that explore aspects of The Mountain Goats' canon in depth. ''All Hail West Texas'' featured the resurrection of Darnielle's early boom box recording for a complete album. Darnielle considers this album to be the culmination of his lo-fi recording style. ''Tallahassee'', recorded with a band and in a studio, explores the relationship of a couple whose lives were the subject of the song cycle known as the Alpha Series.
2002 saw the release of two Mountain Goats albums: ''[[All Hail West Texas]]'' and ''[[Tallahassee (album)|Tallahassee]]''. These albums mark a distinct change in focus for the Mountain Goats project, being the first in a series of concept albums that explore aspects of The Mountain Goats' canon in depth. ''All Hail West Texas'' featured the resurrection of Darnielle's early boom box recording for a complete album. Darnielle considers this album to be the culmination of his lo-fi recording style. ''Tallahassee'', the first Mountain Goats album to be recorded with a full band and in a studio,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tallahassee |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5450-tallahassee/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> explores and concludes the relationship of a couple whose lives were the subject of the song cycle known as the Alpha Series.<ref>{{Cite news |last=johndarnielle |date=0238 |title=William Caxton Fan Club |url=https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/46335170309/the-sleeve-that-held-the-boarding-pass-from-my |access-date=2022-03-15 |newspaper=Tumblr}}</ref> It was the first album to be released on a major label, marking the start of the [[4AD]] years of the band.


''[[Martial Arts Weekend]]'', also released in 2002 under the band name [[The Extra Glenns]], is a collaboration with [[Franklin Bruno]] on several previously unreleased Mountain Goats songs.<ref name=tmgn_faq /> Since that recording, Bruno has joined Darnielle in the studio along with bassist [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]], who is the second official member of the band and accompanies Darnielle on tour. These three musicians form what may be considered the Mountain Goats studio band.
Also released that year was ''[[Martial Arts Weekend]]'', attributed to [[The Extra Glenns]], a collaboration with [[Franklin Bruno]] on several previously unreleased Mountain Goats songs.<ref name="tmgn_faq" /> Following that recording, Bruno joined Darnielle in the studio along with bassist [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]], who was the second official member of the band and accompanied Darnielle on tour. These three musicians formed what was considered the Mountain Goats studio band.
[[Image:Tmg at the northstar bar.jpg|thumb|The Mountain Goats performing at the Northstar Bar on September 22nd, 2007]]
[[Image:John Darnielle The Mountain Goats HOH Fest 2010.JPG|thumb|200px|John Darnielle playing a solo show under the name The Mountain Goats at Harvest of Hope Festival in [[St. Augustine, FL]] in 2010]]


===2004–2009: 4AD years===
In 2004, the Mountain Goats released ''[[We Shall All Be Healed]]''. The album marked a number of changes for the Mountain Goats. It was the first time Darnielle worked with producer [[John Vanderslice]] and the first album of directly autobiographical material. ''We Shall All Be Healed'' chronicles Darnielle's life with a group of friends and acquaintances addicted to [[methamphetamine]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], though the album is set in [[Pomona, California]].
[[File:John_Vanderslice.jpg|left|thumb|[[Record producer]] [[John Vanderslice]] in 2006]]In 2004, the Mountain Goats released ''[[We Shall All Be Healed]]''. The album marked a number of changes for the Mountain Goats, as it was the first time Darnielle worked with producer [[John Vanderslice]], and the first album of directly autobiographical material. ''We Shall All Be Healed'' chronicles Darnielle's life with a group of friends and acquaintances addicted to [[methamphetamine]] in [[Portland, Oregon]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 366 - John Darnielle |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_366_-_john_darnielle |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |date=4 March 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref> though the album is set in [[Pomona, California]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} The following year, the band's second Vanderslice-produced album, ''[[The Sunset Tree]]'', was released. Again autobiographical, Darnielle tackled the subject of his early childhood spent with an abusive stepfather.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James Christopher |title=The Sunset Tree – The Mountain Goats review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sunset-tree-mw0000450781 |website=AllMusic.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stosuy |first1=Brandon |title=The Sunset Tree album review Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5456-the-sunset-tree/ |website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> Darnielle had previously dealt with this subject in what he often refers to as the only "extensively autobiographical" song he had written before 2004, the 1999 unreleased song "You're in Maya".<ref>{{Citation |last=Mountain Goats |title=Mountain Goats Live at Crossing Borders on 1999-10-09 |date=1999-10-09 |url=http://archive.org/details/tmg1999-10-09.aud.192mp3 |access-date=2022-03-15}}</ref> The Mountain Goats relocated to [[Durham, North Carolina]] in 2006, and issued ''[[Get Lonely]]'', which was produced by [[Scott Solter]], who had worked with Vanderslice on engineering for prior Mountain Goats records.


[[Jon Wurster]] joined the group in 2007, playing drums on the last leg of the ''Get Lonely'' tour. The band recorded tracks for its next album at Prairie Sun studios.<ref>[http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=9022]{{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref> Entitled ''[[Heretic Pride]]'', the album was released on 19 February 2008.<ref name="tmg_hh">{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2007/11/high-heresy-1.html|title=News Archive &#124; High Heresy|date=November 20, 2007|publisher=The Mountain Goats|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040720/http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2007/11/high-heresy-1.html|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> Produced by John Vanderslice and Scott Solter, the album saw Darnielle, Hughes, and Wurster joined by Franklin Bruno, Erik Friedlander, [[St. Vincent (musician)|Annie Clark]] (better known by her stage name, St. Vincent), and members of The Bright Mountain Choir.<ref name="tmg_hh" /> American [[alternative hip hop]] artist [[Aesop Rock]] released a remix of the track "[[Lovecraft in Brooklyn]]" from the album, and in return Darnielle contributed vocals to his album ''[[None Shall Pass]]'', in the song "Coffee".
In 2005, the Mountain Goats released their second Vanderslice-produced album, ''[[The Sunset Tree]]''. Again autobiographical, Darnielle tackles the subject of his early childhood spent with an abusive stepfather. Darnielle had previously dealt with this subject in what he often refers to as the only autobiographical song he had written before 2004, the unreleased song "[[You're in Maya]]."


In 2009, Darnielle and Vanderslice collaborated on the record ''[[Moon Colony Bloodbath]]''. Released in a limited vinyl run of 1000 and sold during their "Gone Primitive" tour, the EP was a concept record about [[organ harvesting]] colonies on the [[Moon]]. This was followed by the next full Mountain Goats album, ''[[The Life of the World to Come (album)|The Life of the World to Come]]'', which released in October of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36406-john-darnielle-tells-the-story-behind-the-mountain-goats-biblical-new-lp/|title=John Darnielle Tells the Story Behind the Mountain Goats' Biblical New LP|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|access-date=October 7, 2009}}</ref> The album is composed of twelve tracks, each one inspired by (and titled after) a single verse of the Christian [[Bible]]. In publicizing the record, the band made their first ever television appearance, performing "Psalms 40:2" on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', hosted by professed Mountain Goats fan [[Stephen Colbert]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/36726-watch-the-mountain-goats-on-colbert/|date=October 7, 2009|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|title=Watch the Mountain Goats on "Colbert"|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref>
In 2006, the Mountain Goats relocated to [[Durham, North Carolina]] and issued ''[[Get Lonely]]'', which was produced by [[Scott Solter]], who had worked with Vanderslice on engineering for prior Mountain Goats records. In 2007, [[Jon Wurster]] played drums on the last leg of the ''Get Lonely'' tour.


===2010–present: Merge Records years===
In 2007, the band recorded tracks for its next album at [[Prairie Sun studios]].<ref>[http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=9022 Mountain Goats Hatch Studio Plans - Aversion.com]</ref> Entitled ''[[Heretic Pride]]'', the album was released on February 19, 2008.<ref name=tmg_hh>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2007/11/high-heresy-1.html |title=News Archive &#124; High Heresy |publisher=The Mountain Goats |date=November 20, 2007 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref> It was produced by John Vanderslice and Scott Solter. Franklin Bruno and Erik Friedlander returned to the studio with Darnielle and Hughes, and they were also joined by [[Superchunk]] drummer [[Jon Wurster]] (who appeared during portions of the ''Get Lonely'' tour in 2007) and vocalist [[Annie Clark]] of St. Vincent.<ref name=tmg_hh />
[[File:John_Darnielle_The_Mountain_Goats_HOH_Fest_2010.JPG|thumb|John Darnielle playing a solo show under the name The Mountain Goats at Harvest of Hope Festival in [[St. Augustine, FL]] in 2010]]The Mountain Goats signed to [[Merge Records]], home to drummer Jon Wurster's other band, [[Superchunk]], in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Breihan |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/39663-john-darnielles-mountain-goats-and-extra-lens-sign-to-merge-records/ |title=John Darnielle's Mountain Goats and Extra Lens Sign to Merge Records |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2010-08-05 |access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref><ref name="merge">{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/08/all-lanes-merge.html|title=All Lanes Merge Immediately|date=August 5, 2010|website=Mountain-goats.com|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040728/http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/08/all-lanes-merge.html|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The label issued a new record by [[The Extra Lens]], formerly The Extra Glenns, entitled ''[[Undercard (album)|Undercard]]'', followed by another Mountain Goats LP, ''[[All Eternals Deck]]'', in 2011.<ref name="merge" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/597052/mountain-goats-all-eternals-decks-details/news/|title=Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck Details|date=December 9, 2010|publisher=Stereogum|access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> They were also chosen by [[Jeff Mangum]] of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival that he was due to curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England, but were unable to appear due to a rescheduling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php|title=ATP curated by Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)|publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties|access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


The band's fourteenth studio album, ''[[Transcendental Youth]]'', was released in late 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2012/07/just-under-1000.html|title=Just Under 1,000 Words About Our New Album|date=July 9, 2012|website=Mountain-goats.com|access-date=July 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712075931/http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2012/07/just-under-1000.html|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and in early 2013 they played at Carnegie Hall in support of [[John Green]] and [[Hank Green]] in their "Evening of Awesome" performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/01/falling-love-world-john-and-hank-green/61057/ |title=John and Hank Green and Falling in Love With the World – The Atlantic |website=Theatlanticwire.com |access-date=2017-07-24 |archive-date=2013-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082257/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/01/falling-love-world-john-and-hank-green/61057/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/article/20121119/THINGSTODO03/121119006/John-Hank-Green-taking-brother-act-Carnegie-Hall |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093645/http://www.indystar.com/article/20121119/THINGSTODO03/121119006/John-Hank-Green-taking-brother-act-Carnegie-Hall |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> In July 2013, ''[[All Hail West Texas]]'' was re-released on vinyl. During an interview with [[Stereogum]] in August 2012, John Darnielle said that [[Amy Grant]] was his favorite pop artist, and noted that "[[Rich Mullins]] is one of the best songwriters I know of."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1134241/turntable-interview-the-mountain-goats/franchises/turntable-interview/|title=Turntable Interview: The Mountain Goats|last=Locker|first=Melissa|date=August 24, 2012|website=Stereogum|access-date=25 May 2016}}</ref> Mullins was the songwriter who penned many of Grant's hits.
On February 3, 2008, the Mountain Goats released a song called "[[Down to the Ark]]" that was commissioned by ''[[Weekend America]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/31/mtngoats/ |title=Weekend America: The Mountain Goats do Super Tuesday |publisher=American Public Media |date=February 2, 2008 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


The Mountain Goats released their 15th album, ''[[Beat the Champ]]'', on 7 April 2015, again with [[Merge Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mergerecords.com/beat-the-champ|title=The Mountain Goats – Beat the Champ|publisher=Merge Records|language=en|access-date=14 April 2015|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref> According to [[Pitchfork Media]], the album concentrates on the [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestlers]] Darnielle admired when he was a child and tries to develop and imagine their lives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20381-beat-the-champ/|title=Album Review: Beat the Champ|date=6 April 2015|publisher=Pitchfork|access-date=14 April 2015|first1=Jeremy|last1=Gordon}}</ref> Multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas assisted the group in recording the album, and soon thereafter became a full-time member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mountain_goats/status/767134291864281092|title=John Darnielle's Twitter|date=20 August 2016|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=20 November 2016|first1=John|last1=Darnielle}}</ref>
On March 19, 2008, Darnielle posted on the band's website that their Australian tour would be canceled due to "personal health reasons".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2008/03/australian-tour.html |title=Australian Tour Cancelled |publisher=Mountain-goats.com |date=March 19, 2008 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


In January 2017, the Mountain Goats recorded a humorous song per request of director [[Rian Johnson]], depicting an alternate story of his upcoming movie, ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]''. The song, titled "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones", was published on Johnson's [[SoundCloud]] page.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/john-darnielles-new-song-the-ultimate-jedi-who-wastes-all-the-other-jedi-and-eats-their-bones-shared-by-the-last-jedis-rian-johnson-listen/|last=Kaye|first=Ben|title=John Darnielle's song "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones" is about Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi — listen|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=30 January 2017 }}</ref>
Darnielle is featured on [[Aesop Rock]]'s song "Coffee" from the 2007 album ''[[None Shall Pass]]''. Aesop Rock also released a remix of the track "[[Lovecraft in Brooklyn]]" from the album ''[[Heretic Pride]]''.


In May 2017, they released their sixteenth studio album, ''[[Goths (album)|Goths]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/02/the-mountain-goats-goths-new-song/|title=New Music: The Mountain Goats Announce New Album Goths, Share "Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds"|last=Arcand|first=Rob|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=22 February 2017|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> The band has stated that ''Goths'' was inspired by an adolescence listening to [[The Cure]], [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]], [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], and [[Joy Division]], as well as hearing songs on the Californian radio station [[KROQ-FM]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/john-darnielle-lived-the-teenage-goth-life-i-never-did|title=John Darnielle Lived the Teenage Goth Life I Never Did|last=Lindsey|first=Cam|date=18 May 2017|website=noisey|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref>
In 2009, Darnielle and Vanderslice released ''[[Moon Colony Bloodbath]]'', a concept record about [[organ harvesting]] colonies on the [[moon]]. The EP was produced in a limited vinyl run of 1000 and sold during their "Gone Primitive" tour.


In January 2019, the band announced the April 26 release of their ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' inspired album, ''[[In League with Dragons]]'' (and released initial single, "Younger"), via Merge Records. The announcement was accompanied by a live music stream from the [[Wizards of the Coast]] headquarters.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mountain-goats-new-album-in-league-with-dragons-785365/ |title=Mountain Goats Create 'Dragon Noir' Genre With New Album 'In League With Dragons'|last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=28 January 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref>
''[[The Life of the World to Come (album)|The Life of the World to Come]]'' was officially released on October 6, 2009. It was [[Internet leak|leaked]] on September 8, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|author= |title= John Darnielle Tells the Story Behind the Mountain Goats' Biblical New LP |url= http://pitchfork.com/news/36406-john-darnielle-tells-the-story-behind-the-mountain-goats-biblical-new-lp/ |publisher= [[Pitchfork Media]] |date= September 8, 2009 |accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> The third track, "Genesis 3:23", was released as a free download via the band's website on July 28.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2009/07/the-good-news.html | title= The Mountain Goats News Archive - The Good News | publisher= mountain-goats.com}}</ref>


In March 2020, while the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] left the band unable to tour, Darnielle retrieved his old Panasonic RX-FT500 tape deck and recorded 10 new songs, using the direct-to-boombox method for the first time since 2002's ''All Hail West Texas''. The resulting album, entitled ''[[Songs for Pierre Chuvin]]'', was inspired by Darnielle's reading of [[Pierre Chuvin]]'s 1990 book ''A Chronicle of the Last Pagans'', and was released digitally on April 10, 2020, with a limited physical release on cassette through Merge Records.<ref>{{cite web |title=Songs for Pierre Chuvin |last=Darnielle |first=John | website=Bandcamp |url=https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-pierre-chuvin |access-date=April 10, 2020 | date=April 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=Merge Records |title=the Mountain Goats - Songs for Pierre Chuvin |url=https://www.mergerecords.com/songs-for-pierre-chuvin |access-date=April 10, 2020 |date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>
On October 6, 2009, the Mountain Goats performed "Psalms 40:2" on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. It was their first television appearance.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} Darnielle also had a short interview with Colbert in which Colbert professed himself a fan.


The Mountain Goats announced in August 2020 that the band's nineteenth studio album, ''[[Getting Into Knives]]'', would be released on October 23, 2020, on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digital.<ref name="bandcamp-gik">{{cite web |title=Getting Into Knives |url=https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/getting-into-knives |website=Bandcamp |access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref>
On August 5, 2010, the band announced that they had signed to [[Merge Records]],<ref>John Darnielle's Mountain Goats and Extra Lens Sign to Merge Records, Pitchfork, August 5, 2010 [http://pitchfork.com/news/39663-john-darnielles-mountain-goats-and-extra-lens-sign-to-merge-records/]</ref><ref name=merge>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2010/08/all-lanes-merge.html |title=All Lanes Merge Immediately |publisher=Mountain-goats.com |date=August 5, 2010 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref> home to drummer [[Jon Wurster]]'s other band, [[Superchunk]]. It was also announced that The Extra Lens, formerly [[The Extra Glenns]], will release their new record ''Undercard'' via the label in October 2010.<ref name=merge/>


In April 2021, the Mountain Goats announced their album ''[[Dark in Here]]'', released on June 25, alongside the release of its first single "Mobile". The album was recorded at [[FAME Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruiz |first1=Matthew |title=The Mountain Goats Announce New Album dark in here, Share New Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-mountain-goats-announce-new-album-dark-in-here-share-new-song-mobile-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=19 April 2021 |date=19 April 2021}}</ref> The band's 21st album, ''[[Bleed Out (Mountain Goats album)|Bleed Out]]'', was released on August{{nbsp}}19, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bleed Out|url=https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/bleed-out|website=[[Bandcamp]]|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
On October 8, 2010, the Mountain Goats performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2010.aclfestival.com/events/2010/10/10/ |title=2010 Schedule |publisher=Austin City Limits Music Festival |date= |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


In July 2023, the band announced their 22nd album ''[[Jenny from Thebes]]'', a "rock opera about a woman named Jenny",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=The Mountain Goats Announce New Album Jenny From Thebes, Share New Song "Mobile": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-mountain-goats-announce-new-album-jenny-from-thebes-share-new-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=29 August 2023}}</ref> would be released on October{{nbsp}}27, 2023. The character "Jenny" has appeared in several previous songs by the band, notably in several from ''[[All Hail West Texas]]''.
On December 8, 2010, the band announced their new album, ''[[All Eternals Deck]]'', and that it would be released March 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/597052/mountain-goats-all-eternals-decks-details/news/ |title=Mountain Goats All Eternals Deck Details |publisher=Stereogum |date=December 9, 2010 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref> They were also chosen by [[Jeff Mangum]] of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival that he was due to curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England but were unable to appear due to a rescheduling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php |title=ATP curated by Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) |publisher=All Tomorrow's Parties |date= |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref>


Peter Hughes announced his departure from the band in August 2024, citing "health and sanity" concerns among other reasons.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corcoran |first1=Nina |title=The Mountain Goats Bassist Peter Hughes Leaves Band After Nearly 30 Years |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-mountain-goats-bassist-peter-hughes-leaves-band-after-nearly-30-years/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=19 August 2024 |date=19 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hatfield |first1=Amanda |title=Peter Hughes leaving The Mountain Goats |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/peter-hughes-leaving-the-mountain-goats/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=19 August 2024 |date=19 August 2024}}</ref>
On July 9, 2012, the band announced that their fourteenth studio album, ''[[Transcendental Youth]]'' would be released October 2, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountain-goats.com/archives/2012/07/just-under-1000.html |title=Just Under 1,000 Words About Our New Album |publisher=Mountain-goats.com |date=July 9, 2012 |accessdate=July 9, 2012}}</ref>


==Members==
==Members==
===Current members===
* [[John Darnielle]] – Vocals, guitar, keyboard
* [[John Darnielle]] – vocals, guitar, keyboard <small>(1991–present)</small>
* [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] – Bass, backing vocals
* [[Jon Wurster]] – drums <small>(2007–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matos |first=Michaelangelo |date=March 9, 2015 |title=Interview: Drummer and Comedian Jon Wurster |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/03/jon-wurster-interview |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Red Bull Music Academy}}</ref>)</small>
* [[Jon Wurster]] - Drums
* Matt Douglas – flute, saxophone, clarinet, guitar, keyboard, backing vocals <small>(2015–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=David |date=May 10, 2017 |title=From the Mountain Goats to The Hot at Nights, Matt Douglas Might Be the Triangle's Busiest Musician |url=https://indyweek.com/music/mountain-goats-hot-nights-matt-douglas-might-triangle-s-busiest-musician/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=[[Indy Week]]}}</ref>)</small>


==Former members and collaborators==
===Current touring members===
* Isa Burke – violin, guitar <small>(2023–present<ref>{{Cite web |last=Catalano |first=Jim |date=December 8, 2023 |title=Q & A with the Mountain Goats' Peter Hughes |url=https://www.withradio.org/music/2023-12-08/q-a-with-the-mountain-goats-peter-hughes |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=[[WITH (FM)|WITH]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Keith |date=April 16, 2024 |title=Never Miss the Mountain Goats Because the Mountain Goats Never Miss |url=https://racketmn.com/never-miss-the-mountain-goats-because-the-mountain-goats-never-miss |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=[[Racket (Minnesota)|Racket]]}}</ref>)</small>
* [[Rachel Ware]] – bass, vocals (1992–1995)

* [[The Bright Mountain Choir]]
===Former members and collaborators===
* [[The North Mass Mountain Choir]]

* [[Franklin Bruno]] – piano
* [[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] – bass, backing vocals <small>(1996, 2002–2024<ref>{{cite web |last1=LaPierre |first1=Megan |title=The Mountain Goats' Peter Hughes Exits Band |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the-mountain-goats-peter-hughes-exits-band |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=20 August 2024 |date=20 August 2024}}</ref>)</small>
* [[Lalitree Darnielle]] – banjo
* Rachel Ware – bass, vocals <small>(1992–1995)</small>
* [[Alastair Galbraith (musician)|Alastair Galbraith]] – violin
* The Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, Rosanne Lindley)
* [[John Vanderslice]]
* The North Mass Mountain Choir
* [[Erik Friedlander]] – cello
* [[Scott Solter]]
* [[Franklin Bruno]] – piano
* Lalitree Darnielle – banjo
* [[Alex Decarville]]
* [[Alastair Galbraith (musician)|Alastair Galbraith]] – violin
* [[Richard Colburn]] – drums
* [[Christopher McGuire]] – drums
* [[Graeme Jefferies]] – guitar
* [[Nora Danielson]] – violin
* [[John Vanderslice]]
* [[Erik Friedlander]] – cello
* [[Owen Pallett]] – strings
* [[Scott Solter]]
* [[Alex Decarville]]
* [[Richard Colburn]] – drums
* [[Christopher McGuire]] – drums
* Nora Danielson – violin
* Maggie Doyle – keytar
* Maggie Doyle – keytar
* [[Kaki King]]
* [[Kaki King]]
* Yuval Semo<ref name="amg">{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001013485}}</ref> – organ, piano, string arrangement
* [[Bully (band)|Alicia Bognanno]] – guitar, keyboard, backing vocals<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist x Artist: John Darnielle of Mountain Goats and Bully |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/12/artist-x-artist-john-darnielle-of-mountain-goats-and-bully/ |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=7 August 2024 |date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>


==Discography==
=== Timeline ===
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==Related bands==
* [[The Congress (band)|The Congress]] (John Darnielle with Mark Givens and others)<ref name=tmgn_faq />
* [[The Extra Lens|The Extra Glenns/Lens]] (John Darnielle with Franklin Bruno)<ref name=tmgn_faq />
* [[The Seneca Twins]] (John Darnielle with Lalitree Chavanothai and Chris Butler)<ref name=tmgn_faq />
* [[The Bloody Hawaiians]] (John Darnielle with Joel Huschle, Mark Givens and Caroline)<ref name=tmgn_faq />
* The Salvation Brothers (John Darnielle played drums for the band's live sets)<ref name=tmgn_faq />
* The Comedians (John Darnielle with John Vanderslice)<ref name=tmgn_faq />


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==In other media==
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The band's music has been featured in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] television series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''. "Cotton" was prominently featured in the season one episode "The Punishment Light", and "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" was featured in the season four episode "Yes I Can."<ref>{{cite web|author= |title= Weeds Music |url= http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/music.do |publisher= Showtime |accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> The band performed the Theme to Weeds (Malvina Reynold's "Little Boxes") during the opening credits of Season 8, Episode 5. <ref>{{cite web|title= Little Boxes |url= http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/07/new-music-the-mountain-goats-little-boxes-weeds-theme/ | accessdate=July 30, 2012}}</ref>
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==Discography==
{{Main|The Mountain Goats discography}}

'''Studio albums'''
*''[[Zopilote Machine]]'' (1994)
*''[[Sweden (album)|Sweden]]'' (1995)
*''[[Nothing for Juice]]'' (1996)
*''[[Full Force Galesburg]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Coroner's Gambit]]'' (2000)
*''[[All Hail West Texas]]'' (2002)
*''[[Tallahassee (album)|Tallahassee]]'' (2002)
*''[[We Shall All Be Healed]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Sunset Tree]]'' (2005)
*''[[Get Lonely]]'' (2006)
*''[[Heretic Pride]]'' (2008)
*''[[The Life of the World to Come (album)|The Life of the World to Come]]'' (2009)
*''[[All Eternals Deck]]'' (2011)
*''[[Transcendental Youth]]'' (2012)
*''[[Beat the Champ]]'' (2015)
*''[[Goths (album)|Goths]]'' (2017)
*''[[In League with Dragons]]'' (2019)
*''[[Songs for Pierre Chuvin]]'' (2020)
*''[[Getting Into Knives]]'' (2020)
*''[[Dark in Here]]'' (2021)
*''[[Bleed Out (Mountain Goats album)|Bleed Out]]'' (2022)
*''[[Jenny from Thebes]]'' (2023)

==In other media==
In the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] television series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]],'' the band performed the Theme to Weeds (Malvina Reynolds’ "[[Little Boxes]]") during the opening credits of Season 8, Episode 5.<ref>{{cite web|title= Little Boxes |date= 30 July 2012|url= http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/07/new-music-the-mountain-goats-little-boxes-weeds-theme/|publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]] | access-date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> The [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Moral Orel]]'' featured "Love, Love, Love", "Old College Try", and "[[No Children]]" on several episodes of Season 3.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mountain Goats {{!}} Writer, Composer, Soundtrack |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068309/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>


The band made their television debut on October 6, 2009, playing "Psalms 40:2" on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. On January 19, 2010, they played "Genesis 3:23" on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Jake |url=http://www.gloriousnoise.com/videos/2010/mountain_goats_on_jimmy_fallon.php |title=The Mountain Goats on Jimmy Fallon |publisher=Glorious Noise |date=January 21, 2010 |accessdate=December 26, 2011}}</ref> On February 23, 2011, they played "Birth of Serpents" in support of their album, ''[[All Eternals Deck]]'', on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.
The band made their television debut on October 6, 2009, playing "Psalms 40:2" on ''[[The Colbert Report]]''. On January 19, 2010, they played "Genesis 3:23" on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Jake |url=http://www.gloriousnoise.com/videos/2010/mountain_goats_on_jimmy_fallon.php |title=The Mountain Goats on Jimmy Fallon |publisher=Glorious Noise |date=January 21, 2010 |access-date=December 26, 2011}}</ref> On February 23, 2011, they played "Birth of Serpents" in support of their album, ''[[All Eternals Deck]]'', on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. On April 6, 2015, the band performed "Foreign Object" on ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'' while promoting ''[[Beat the Champ]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/04/mountain-goats-foreign-object-live-seth-meyers/ |title=Watch the Mountain Goats Introduce a 'Foreign Object to 'Seth Meyers'|last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |date=7 April 2015 |publisher=Spin |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref> In July 2019, the band performed on ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', with [[Stephen Colbert]] joining in to sing "This Year".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-stephen-colbert-this-year-the-mountain-goats-859967/|title=Watch Stephen Colbert Perform 'This Year' With the Mountain Goats|last=Zemler|first=Emily|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|access-date=24 September 2019|date=17 July 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Adams, Tim (2004). [http://www.mountain-goats.com/discog.html "Discography of The Mountain Goats"]. Retrieved 19 March 2005
* Adams, Tim (2004). [http://www.mountain-goats.com/discog.html "Discography of The Mountain Goats"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311062826/http://www.mountain-goats.com/discog.html |date=2011-03-11 }}. Retrieved 19 March 2005
* Adams, Tim (2005). [http://3bos.com/label/artists/tmg/tmg_discography.html "Mountain Goats Discography"]. Retrieved 19 March 2005
* Adams, Tim (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20041029172308/http://3bos.com/label/artists/tmg/tmg_discography.html "Mountain Goats Discography"]. Retrieved 19 March 2005
* themountaingoats.net staff (2004). [http://www.themountaingoats.net/faq.html "The Mountain Goats FAQ"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005
* themountaingoats.net staff (2004). [http://www.themountaingoats.net/faq.html "The Mountain Goats FAQ"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005
* unknown author (2003). [http://4ad.com/artists/themountaingoats/biography2.html "Tallahassee Biography"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005
* unknown author (2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050311063102/http://www.4ad.com/artists/themountaingoats/biography2.html "Tallahassee Biography"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005
* Nickey, Jason(2000). [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169495|pure_url=yes}} "Mountain Goats Biography"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005
* Nickey, Jason(2000). [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169495|pure_url=yes}} "Mountain Goats Biography"]. Retrieved 20 March 2005


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|The Mountain Goats}}
* [http://www.mountain-goats.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.mountain-goats.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.themountaingoats.net/ themountaingoats.net]
* [http://www.themountaingoats.net/ themountaingoats.net]
* [http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com/ Last Plane To Jakarta, John Darnielle's zine]
* [http://www.fivetools.com/ Five Tools] Peter Hughes webpage with band photos and tour journals.
* [http://www.fivetools.com/ Five Tools] Peter Hughes webpage with band photos and tour journals.
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169495|label=The Mountain Goats}}
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/MountainGoats Mountain Goats collection] at the [[Internet Archive]]'s live music archive


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The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats in 2014
The Mountain Goats in 2014
Background information
OriginClaremont, California, United States
Genres
Years active1991–present
Labels
Members
Past members

The Mountain Goats are an American band formed in Claremont, California, by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has worked with a variety of collaborators over time, including bassist and vocalist Peter Hughes, drummer Jon Wurster, multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas, singer-songwriter Franklin Bruno, bassist and vocalist Rachel Ware, singer-songwriter/producer John Vanderslice, guitarist Kaki King, and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark.[2]

Throughout the 1990s, the Mountain Goats were known for producing low-fidelity home recordings (most notably, on a cassette deck boombox) and releasing recordings in cassette or vinyl 7-inch formats.[3] Since 2002, the Mountain Goats have adopted a more polished approach, often recording studio albums with a full band.[3][4]

History

Early years

The band's name is a reference to the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song "Yellow Coat".[3] Darnielle released his first recording as the Mountain Goats (Taboo VI: The Homecoming, on Shrimper Records) in 1991.[3] Many of his first recordings and performances featured Darnielle accompanied by members of the all-girl reggae band the Casual Girls, who became known as the Bright Mountain Choir. One of this group's members, Rachel Ware, continued to accompany Darnielle on bass, both live and in studio, until 1995.[5]

The first five years of the Mountain Goats' career saw a prolific output of songs on cassette, vinyl and CD. These releases spanned multiple labels and countries of origin, often released in limited numbers. The focus of the Mountain Goats project was the urgency of writing.[6] Songs not recorded adequately to tape within days of being written were often forgotten.[citation needed] Cassette releases during this time include The Hound Chronicles, Transmissions to Horace, Hot Garden Stomp, Taking the Dative, and Yam, the King of Crops.

In 1994, the Mountain Goats released their first full-length studio album, Zopilote Machine, on Ajax Records. It is the band's only full album featuring the entirety of the Bright Mountain Choir.

1995–2000: Sweden, Nothing for Juice, Full Force Galesburg, and The Coroner's Gambit

Peter Hughes in 2007

By 1995, most of what could be considered classic Mountain Goats conventions (boom-box recording, song series, Latin quotes, and mythological themes) were abandoned in favor of a more thematically focused and experimental sound.[citation needed] This period was marked by Darnielle's collaborations with other artists including Alastair Galbraith and Simon Joyner. In November 1996, Darnielle announced a vow to "clear his musical tendency for profanity" to promote a more optimistic reception to the ideas outlined in his material.[citation needed]

In 1995, the album Sweden was released. Soon after its recording, a sequel titled Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg was recorded, but never released. It remained unheard by the general public until 2007, when it was leaked against Darnielle's wishes. In 1996, the Mountain Goats released the album Nothing for Juice, and Full Force Galesburg the following year. Rachel Ware left the band between recording the two albums, and bassist Peter Hughes took over her position.

Between 1998 and 2000, the Mountain Goats slowed down their prolific output, releasing The Coroner's Gambit in October 2000. The album partially returned to the band's roots, as most songs were sporadically recorded on Darnielle's old Panasonic RX-FT500 cassette deck Boombox, which produced a loud background noise to the songs.

2001–2003: All Hail West Texas and Tallahassee

2002 saw the release of two Mountain Goats albums: All Hail West Texas and Tallahassee. These albums mark a distinct change in focus for the Mountain Goats project, being the first in a series of concept albums that explore aspects of The Mountain Goats' canon in depth. All Hail West Texas featured the resurrection of Darnielle's early boom box recording for a complete album. Darnielle considers this album to be the culmination of his lo-fi recording style. Tallahassee, the first Mountain Goats album to be recorded with a full band and in a studio,[7] explores and concludes the relationship of a couple whose lives were the subject of the song cycle known as the Alpha Series.[8] It was the first album to be released on a major label, marking the start of the 4AD years of the band.

Also released that year was Martial Arts Weekend, attributed to The Extra Glenns, a collaboration with Franklin Bruno on several previously unreleased Mountain Goats songs.[5] Following that recording, Bruno joined Darnielle in the studio along with bassist Peter Hughes, who was the second official member of the band and accompanied Darnielle on tour. These three musicians formed what was considered the Mountain Goats studio band.

2004–2009: 4AD years

Record producer John Vanderslice in 2006

In 2004, the Mountain Goats released We Shall All Be Healed. The album marked a number of changes for the Mountain Goats, as it was the first time Darnielle worked with producer John Vanderslice, and the first album of directly autobiographical material. We Shall All Be Healed chronicles Darnielle's life with a group of friends and acquaintances addicted to methamphetamine in Portland, Oregon,[9] though the album is set in Pomona, California.[citation needed] The following year, the band's second Vanderslice-produced album, The Sunset Tree, was released. Again autobiographical, Darnielle tackled the subject of his early childhood spent with an abusive stepfather.[10][11] Darnielle had previously dealt with this subject in what he often refers to as the only "extensively autobiographical" song he had written before 2004, the 1999 unreleased song "You're in Maya".[12] The Mountain Goats relocated to Durham, North Carolina in 2006, and issued Get Lonely, which was produced by Scott Solter, who had worked with Vanderslice on engineering for prior Mountain Goats records.

Jon Wurster joined the group in 2007, playing drums on the last leg of the Get Lonely tour. The band recorded tracks for its next album at Prairie Sun studios.[13] Entitled Heretic Pride, the album was released on 19 February 2008.[14] Produced by John Vanderslice and Scott Solter, the album saw Darnielle, Hughes, and Wurster joined by Franklin Bruno, Erik Friedlander, Annie Clark (better known by her stage name, St. Vincent), and members of The Bright Mountain Choir.[14] American alternative hip hop artist Aesop Rock released a remix of the track "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" from the album, and in return Darnielle contributed vocals to his album None Shall Pass, in the song "Coffee".

In 2009, Darnielle and Vanderslice collaborated on the record Moon Colony Bloodbath. Released in a limited vinyl run of 1000 and sold during their "Gone Primitive" tour, the EP was a concept record about organ harvesting colonies on the Moon. This was followed by the next full Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come, which released in October of the same year.[15] The album is composed of twelve tracks, each one inspired by (and titled after) a single verse of the Christian Bible. In publicizing the record, the band made their first ever television appearance, performing "Psalms 40:2" on The Colbert Report, hosted by professed Mountain Goats fan Stephen Colbert.[16]

2010–present: Merge Records years

John Darnielle playing a solo show under the name The Mountain Goats at Harvest of Hope Festival in St. Augustine, FL in 2010

The Mountain Goats signed to Merge Records, home to drummer Jon Wurster's other band, Superchunk, in 2010.[17][18] The label issued a new record by The Extra Lens, formerly The Extra Glenns, entitled Undercard, followed by another Mountain Goats LP, All Eternals Deck, in 2011.[18][19] They were also chosen by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he was due to curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England, but were unable to appear due to a rescheduling.[20]

The band's fourteenth studio album, Transcendental Youth, was released in late 2012,[21] and in early 2013 they played at Carnegie Hall in support of John Green and Hank Green in their "Evening of Awesome" performance.[22][23] In July 2013, All Hail West Texas was re-released on vinyl. During an interview with Stereogum in August 2012, John Darnielle said that Amy Grant was his favorite pop artist, and noted that "Rich Mullins is one of the best songwriters I know of."[24] Mullins was the songwriter who penned many of Grant's hits.

The Mountain Goats released their 15th album, Beat the Champ, on 7 April 2015, again with Merge Records.[25] According to Pitchfork Media, the album concentrates on the professional wrestlers Darnielle admired when he was a child and tries to develop and imagine their lives.[26] Multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas assisted the group in recording the album, and soon thereafter became a full-time member.[27]

In January 2017, the Mountain Goats recorded a humorous song per request of director Rian Johnson, depicting an alternate story of his upcoming movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The song, titled "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones", was published on Johnson's SoundCloud page.[28]

In May 2017, they released their sixteenth studio album, Goths.[29] The band has stated that Goths was inspired by an adolescence listening to The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Joy Division, as well as hearing songs on the Californian radio station KROQ-FM.[30]

In January 2019, the band announced the April 26 release of their Dungeons & Dragons inspired album, In League with Dragons (and released initial single, "Younger"), via Merge Records. The announcement was accompanied by a live music stream from the Wizards of the Coast headquarters.[31]

In March 2020, while the COVID-19 pandemic left the band unable to tour, Darnielle retrieved his old Panasonic RX-FT500 tape deck and recorded 10 new songs, using the direct-to-boombox method for the first time since 2002's All Hail West Texas. The resulting album, entitled Songs for Pierre Chuvin, was inspired by Darnielle's reading of Pierre Chuvin's 1990 book A Chronicle of the Last Pagans, and was released digitally on April 10, 2020, with a limited physical release on cassette through Merge Records.[32][33]

The Mountain Goats announced in August 2020 that the band's nineteenth studio album, Getting Into Knives, would be released on October 23, 2020, on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digital.[34]

In April 2021, the Mountain Goats announced their album Dark in Here, released on June 25, alongside the release of its first single "Mobile". The album was recorded at FAME Studios.[35] The band's 21st album, Bleed Out, was released on August 19, 2022.[36]

In July 2023, the band announced their 22nd album Jenny from Thebes, a "rock opera about a woman named Jenny",[37] would be released on October 27, 2023. The character "Jenny" has appeared in several previous songs by the band, notably in several from All Hail West Texas.

Peter Hughes announced his departure from the band in August 2024, citing "health and sanity" concerns among other reasons.[38][39]

Members

Current members

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, keyboard (1991–present)
  • Jon Wurster – drums (2007–present[40])
  • Matt Douglas – flute, saxophone, clarinet, guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (2015–present[41])

Current touring members

  • Isa Burke – violin, guitar (2023–present[42][43])

Former members and collaborators

Timeline

Discography

Main article: The Mountain Goats discography

Studio albums

In other media

In the Showtime television series Weeds, the band performed the Theme to Weeds (Malvina Reynolds’ "Little Boxes") during the opening credits of Season 8, Episode 5.[47] The Adult Swim show Moral Orel featured "Love, Love, Love", "Old College Try", and "No Children" on several episodes of Season 3.[48]

The band made their television debut on October 6, 2009, playing "Psalms 40:2" on The Colbert Report. On January 19, 2010, they played "Genesis 3:23" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.[49] On February 23, 2011, they played "Birth of Serpents" in support of their album, All Eternals Deck, on the Late Show with David Letterman. On April 6, 2015, the band performed "Foreign Object" on Late Night with Seth Meyers while promoting Beat the Champ.[50] In July 2019, the band performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with Stephen Colbert joining in to sing "This Year".[51]

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