2019 Releases of Note

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Jan 24, 2019 11:44:08 GMT -6 ten15 said:

I get the Haring vibe from the depiction of the Earth. But the font for the title is too chunky and oddly spaced. And the prominent "Sony Music" is gross.

it's pretty much what i'd expect from aging Brooklynites in 2019 trying to decide whether they should mock or mimic Jeff Koons to maintain hype after 6 years of nothing but internal band drama constantly publicized by Pitchfork 


 


edit: cpf said it much more nicely

[Xamnam]

Jan 24, 2019 13:01:50 GMT -6 claypoolfan said:

I feel like if you're surprised by that cover at all you haven't been following the band very closely for the past year or so. That's very much their current aesthetic.

idk I'm pretty sure they've been on hiatus since May 14, 2013

[mookie]

[rango420]

Jan 24, 2019 13:03:57 GMT -6 @wretched said:

Jan 24, 2019 11:44:08 GMT -6 ten15 said:

I get the Haring vibe from the depiction of the Earth. But the font for the title is too chunky and oddly spaced. And the prominent "Sony Music" is gross.

it's pretty much what i'd expect from aging Brooklynites in 2019 trying to decide whether they should mock or mimic Jeff Koons to maintain hype after 6 years of nothing but internal band drama constantly publicized by Pitchfork 


 


edit: cpf said it much more nicely

look we didnt need to dissect the goodson aesthetic this closely

[sthubbins]

it looks much better than American Dream and I expect to see lots of t shirts of it

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new Kurt Vile track up on amazon music only (so far).

[claypoolfan]

Angel Du$t - Pretty Buff - 03/19/19.

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not really a 2019 release, but Frank Ocean's Endless is coming to streaming finally: www.billboard.com/articles/business/8495021/frank-ocean-endless-album-coming-streaming-services-exclusive

Note that the article says it might be today (so far not), or soon.

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If it's anything like his stage building experiences we could be waiting a while.

Excited to finally here it though!

[claypoolfan]

Danny Carey said at NAMM that the plan is for them to release the album in mid April.... take that as you will.

[mookie]

Which year?

[Xamnam]

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Track not currently playable in the U.S.

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"Track not currently playable in US"

I just bought your book yesterday John, get it together

[Xamnam]

TRACK NOW PLAYABLE IN THE U.S.

[Xamnam]

The Mountain Goats - In League with Dragons

[Xamnam]

This is so much better than most of the tracks off Goths

[chvrchbarrel]

Diggin' it!

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Is this gonna be the year that I finally listen to the Mountain Goats?



















































probably not.

[chvrchbarrel]

Jan 24, 2019 11:12:15 GMT -6 andrewvb said:

im excited for the new julia jacklin record

this rules

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Jan 28, 2019 7:38:25 GMT -6 Xamnam said:

The Mountain Goats - In League with Dragons

This album began life as a rock opera about a besieged seaside community called Riversend ruled by a benevolent wizard, for which some five to seven songs were written. When I’m focusing on a project, I always distract myself from the through-line with multiple byways, which are kind of like mini-games within the broader architecture of a long video game. As I worked on the Riversend stuff, weird noir visions started creeping in, probably under the influence of Leonardo Sciascia (a Sicilian author, he wrote mysteries) and Ross MacDonald’s The Zebra-Striped Hearse, which a friend from Port Washington gave me while I was in the thick of the writing. I thought these moods helped complicate the wizards and dragons a little, and, as I thought about my wizard, his health failing, the invasion by sea almost certain to wipe out half his people, I thought about what such a person might look like in the real world: watching a country show at a midwestern casino, or tryout pitching for an American League team years after having lit up the marquees. Finally, I wrote the title track, which felt like a drawing-together of the themes in play: rebellion against irresistible tides, the lush vistas of decay, necessary alliances. I am earnestly hoping that a new genre called “dragon noir” will spring from the forehead of nearly two years’ work on these songs, but, if not, I am content for this to be the sole example of the style.

[thebosma]

Jesus does Xam only listen to lord of the rings rock music

[Xamnam]

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THE MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE AMAZING AGAIN

[Xamnam]

Jan 28, 2019 10:06:33 GMT -6 thebosma said:

Jesus does Xam only listen to lord of the rings rock music

Hey, hey hey, let's not forget one of my most important tenets. 

Fuck Immigrant Song.

[andrewvb]

im not reading that paragraph because i would like to enjoy the new mountain goats album

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i mean i cant NOT be hyped for something labeled 'Dragon Noir'

[andrewvb]

super good song, here's the youtube if the spotify still doesn't work

[Xamnam]

THEY ARE ACTUALLY LITERALLY PARTNERING WITH WIZARDS OF THE COAST/D&D!!!!

[Xamnam]

ALSO MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOST? SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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In non-mountain goat related news, there's speculation going around (as always) that MBV is prepping something based on the website being down. Redditors are pointing to the fact that in 2013, on Feb. 2nd @ 11:58 GMT the site was relaunched with the new album available. Same thing happened in 2017 and when the site came back up it had the vinyl reissues. Sites been down for a week. So its probably nothing. Besides, I don't think we'd ever top 2013's glorious drunken opti gushings.

[Xamnam]

BACK IN MOUNTAIN GOATS RELATED NEWS

(stream at 4 est about the new album + some live tracks)