| Mountain Goats, The / Transcendental Youth |
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| Album: | Transcendental Youth | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Mountain Goats, The | Added: | Feb 2013 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-28 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 24 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 11, 2014: | Time Traveler Transcendental Youth | 4. | Aug 09, 2013: | Time Traveler Transcendental Youth | |
| 2. | Jan 03, 2014: | Time Traveler Transcendental Youth | 5. | Jun 28, 2013: | Time Traveler Harlem Roulette | |
| 3. | Sep 13, 2013: | Time Traveler Harlem Roulette | 6. | Apr 19, 2013: | Time Traveler Transcendental Youth |
| Album Review |
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| awyeh Reviewed 2013-02-20 | ||
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If you’re picking this up, by now you probably know the drill, John Darnielle lo-fi turned full Merge studio, acoustic guitars mostly with high production values, nasally vocals, strong lyrics, and tons of instruments and effects. If I had to name a theme for the album it would be anti-suicide, but the non-suicidal could probably get a life-ain’t-that-bad vibe out of it *1 (2:28) Riffy acoustic guitar, loads of advice/support here for the angsty who haven’t become completely cynical by now. “Just stay alive,� probably defining some kid’s high school 2 (3:59) Slow, piano ballad, most likely about drug abuse and most likely with a shout out to Elliott Smith in it *3 (3:14) Brassy, upbeat track about crippling hopelessness and angst with bonus religious metaphors *4 (3:25) One of the big promo tracks, upbeat/acoustic (with a bit of vitriol) about the tragic life of child star Frankie Lymon. Great entry in the Mountain Goats’ canon, almost certain to be what people remember from this album 5 (3:06) Piano, slow, quiet, sorta sappy with the backing synth/strings. About acceptance 6 (2:50) Get Lonely feel to this one, with some weird distorted/echoey background vox. 7 (4:01) Tense, whirring, old-school MGs material with new school production “Jenny,� someone you’ll never see again *8 (2:47) Piano with a doo-wop feel drives the song, vocals follow; organized crime feel 9 (2:24) Bouncy, slow, kinda whiny; not liking how things come together 10 (4:03) Slow, lots of piano, bass, and synth/strings. A rarity, for me, in the Goats’ catalog that no sense of desperation in the music sticks out; music fully complements the lyrics here 11 (2:53) Not bad, but it’s just acoustic guitar+drums/stay alive theme, no real reason for it to be the one song you play on radio from this **12 (4:12) Piano, drums, bass and brass (mostly brass). Jazzy feel, grabbing a cigarette at 9 AM under a rainy balcony, though song structure is purely pop. | ||
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