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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Goats' latest not too 'Proud,' tweaks sound

mountain goats: The Mountain Goats employ sophistocated instrumentation to complement their powerful, straightforward songwriting on their newest album, Heretic Pride, while exploring themes of paranoia and animosity.

Goats' latest not too 'Proud,' tweaks sound

Part of the appeal of older Mountain Goats albums was the intimacy brought out by the simplistic performances. Each track showcased singer/songwriter John Darnielle bleeding through his guitar into a cheap boom. Part of the appeal of newer Mountain Goats albums - including their latest Heretic Pride - is that, while the production value has increased, the songwriting value has not been affected. 

 

Following 2006's Get Lonely, a depressing novella of heartbreak and self-loathing, Heretic Pride is an album of both paranoia and determination to return to clarity and optimism.  

 

The first track on Heretic Pride, Sax Rohmer #1

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