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Following the Radiohead business model, Durham, NC's The Mountain Goats, otherwise known as songwriting vehicle for John Darnielle, offer up a brand new EP entitled Satanic Messiah. The mini-album will be released in a very limited run of 665 copies on double 7" with Darnielle keeping the 666th copy... how fitting. You can download the EP at www.satanicmessiah.com free of charge, but donations are much appreciated. Darnielle is one of the more interesting lyricists around and he muses over stripped-down piano-driven arrangements on the EP. The title track is probably the most interesting and the most open to interpretation. With its references to "pale blue and washed out red" posters, it sounds like it could very well be about a certain presidential candidate, but aside from its provocative title, the song reads as neither an endorsement or condemnation. The Mountain Goats have also completed a vinyl tour-only EP with guitar virtuoso Kaki King entitled the Black Pear Tree EP and it will be available on their upcoming tour. -- Capt. Obvious
10.20.2008
The Mountain Goats Get Satanic
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