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. The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific John Darnielle and whatever musicians he surrounds himself with, which means that while the soundscape may change from project to project
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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GC The jacaranda are wet with color, GD and the heat is a great paint brush, lending color to our lives, GC to the air, and to out faces; but I'm going to Alaska GD where there's snow to suck the sound out from the air.
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GC Up, yes, in the branches, GD the purple blossoms, go pale at the edges; GC there is moaning in the shifting of the sap, and I see in them traces GD of last year, but then they hadn't grown so strong, GC and their limbs were more like wires. Now they are cables. GDG thick and alive with alien electricity, and I am going to Alaska, CG where you can go blind just by looking at the ground, D where fat is eaten by itself CG just to keep your body warm.
GC Because from where we are now, it seems, really, GD that everything is growing in a thousand different ways; GC that the soil is soaked through with old blood and with relatives GD who were buried here, or close to here, and they are giving rise GC to what is happening. Or can you tell me otherwise? GD I am going to Alaska, where the animals can kill you, GC but they do so in silence, as though if no-one hears them, GD then it really won't matter. I am going to Alaska. CG They tell me that it's perfect for my purposes.