Mountain Goats - The bite of reality

In the wake of the "biblical folk" of the latest "The Life Of The World To Come", John Darnielle reveals the fabric of the Mountain Goats' songs in an exclusive interview. Touching on faith, lo-fi and horror films

by Gabriele Benzing, Martino Buora

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Ride the wave of great music

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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Discography

Zopilote Machine (Ajax, 1994)	7
Sweden (Shrimper, 1995)	7.5
Nothing For Juice (Ajax, 1996)	6.5
Full Force Galesburg (Emperor Jones, 1997)	7
The Coroner's Gambit (Absolutely Kosher, 2000)	7
All Hail West Texas (Emperor Jones, 2002)	7.5
Tallahassee (4AD, 2002)	7.5
We Shall All Be Healed (4AD, 2004)	7
The Sunset Tree (4AD, 2005)	8
Get Lonely (4AD, 2006)	7
Heretic Pride (4AD, 2008)	7
The Life Of The World To Come (4AD, 2009)	7
All Eternals Deck (Merge, 2011)	7
Transcendental Youth (Merge, 2012)	7.5
Beat The Champ (Merge, 2015)	7
Goths (Merge, 2017)	6.5
In League With Dragons (Merge, 2019)	7
Songs For Pierre Chuvin (Merge, 2020)	7.5
Getting Into Knives (Merge, 2020)	7
Dark In Here (Merge, 2021)	7
The Jordan Lake Sessions (live, self released, 2021)	7.5
Bleed Out (Merge, 2022)	7
Jenny From Thebes (Merge, 2023)	7
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (Cadmean Dawn, 2025)	7
Days (Cadmean Dawn, 2026)	7