Blog: Beats Per Minute

When given the task to write about one of your favorite bands, which The Mountain Goats are, at the point of their release of their best album in a number of years, which All Eternals Deck is, one can feel intimidated, to say the least. But, any fear can be relieved by listening to the words of the poet/singer/songwriter at the center of The Mountain Goats. "Who will rise and who will sink?/ who's going to stand his ground and who's going to blink?" John Darnielle sings on "High Hawk Season," sounding like a melodic Hemingway in his [...]