"The Mountain Goats - John Darnielle, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster - have announced the band's new album, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, set for release on November 7th via Cadmean Dawn Records."
"The group's 23rd album is produced by band member Douglas and features appearances by The Replacements' Tommy Stinson, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, harpist Mikaela Davis, and the band's new bassist Cameron Ralston. It's described as a "full-on-musical as the most conceptually detailed and musically elaborate project" in the band's catalog."
""There were sixteen men on a fishing boat but only three survived the storm, and one of those went missing, and is presumed dead. That leaves me & Peter Balkan, whose health is failing as his apocalyptic visions dissipate in the spray at the shore," Darnielle said in a press statement about the new album, which tells the story of a small crew shipwrecked on a desert island, where three surviving members-an unnamed narrator, Captain Peter Balkan, and Adam, are "plagued by diminishing resources and apocalyptic visions.""
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan will be released November 7 via Cadmean Dawn Records and debuts with the single "Armies of the Lord." The group's 23rd album was produced by Matt Douglas and includes appearances from Tommy Stinson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, harpist Mikaela Davis, and new bassist Cameron Ralston. The project is presented as a full-on musical and the most conceptually detailed and musically elaborate entry in the catalog. The narrative follows three surviving crew members shipwrecked on a desert island, facing dwindling resources and apocalyptic visions. The band will support the album with a fall U.S. tour beginning September 17 and will celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Sunset Tree.
Read at Consequence
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]