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i only sort of got buck meek before but now i’m fully there. i believe this will continue to mature well if i revisit. in fact I think I will listen all over again right now
Jul 6, 2025
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I’ve always loved The Mountain Goats for John Darnielle and company’s emotive and literary folk rock, but I had (up until now) mainly listened to the ”canonical” releases (saying this b/c ik John would find it absurd) like All Hail West Texas, The Sunset Tree and Tallahasse.
Like I said, this was until recently. I have had this new interest in the Mountain Goats, diving headfirst into the podcast “I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats” where Darnielle and the host of Welcome to Nightvale discussed songs off of “All Hail West Texas.” This made me decide to look back and listen to some MG records I hadnt yet listened to, leading me to Full Force Galesburg.
The wroting is superb, and the production goes back and forth from a more polished sound and the boombox folk of something like “West Texas.” It to me is this nice combo of later records‘ instrumentation and the early records’ raw expression. The album mostly consists of Danielle’s solo vocals over guitar and the occasional string arrangement (tho a good few tracks include the whole band to delightsome effect). The simplicity of the record is its strongest attribute, and I recommend anyone who’s at least vaguely aware of the Mountain Goats and likes what they’ve heard to give the record a listen
Jul 9, 2025
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With the new Mount Eerie coming out and it being a little more on the rocking side of Phil Elverum, I went back and was listening to this EP by them made back in 2006 that I got turned onto by an artist playlist by Spirit Was, a side project of LVL UP. "In Moonlight" was the original tune I got hooked on, "Don't Smoke" has been what I've been gravitating to recently.
Nov 8, 2024
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I know this album cover is imprinted into the corneas of many already. but I’m listening to this ~8 yrs after I first found it, which sort of marked the start of my own self-discovery w music (along with, who else, but velvet underground). and since they are both so huge, I’ve had a hard time listening to them as earnestly in years since. of course relationships with music change, but I think I became embarrassed by the earnestness of this album & its internet overexposure. but it is sincere and beautiful (+ a little freaky and smutty) and it is very special to come back to every now and then. it turns on a certain part of my soul I can’t usually access when I come to it at the right moment. full of love and oneness w humanity, time transcendent
“let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see”
Mar 10, 2025
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💘a clean palette to begin the day, largely unburdened by yesterday’s choices 🎨
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