The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats is the musical project of singer, songwriter and guitarist John Darnielle. Other musicians have occasionally collaborated with the band, but Darnielle solo is the essential "Mountain Goat." While The Mountain Goats have recently put out several studio albums, they were originally a fixture of the lo-fi Shrimper scene of Upland, California, having frequently recorded on an 80s boombox and released early work exclusively on cassette tape. Darnielle's lyrics are highly literate, full of metaphor, and present a skewed take on the mundane. Many of the individual songs fit together to form a larger narrative (see: The "Going to..." series, the "Songs for..." series, the "Alpha..." series, "Standard Bitter Love Song #..." series, "Orange Ball of..." Series, "Pure..." series, and the "Quetzalcoatl..." series).

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Singer - Songwriter - Guitarist - John Darnielle - Lo-fi - Shrimper scene - Upland, California - Boombox - Cassette - Metaphor - Narrative - "Going to..." series - "Songs for..." series - "Alpha..." series - "Standard Bitter Love Song #..." series - "Orange Ball of..." Series - "Pure..." series - "Quetzalcoatl..." series

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