New Mountain Goats Video - Woke Up New

I swear I've been to a Mountain Goats show before, but they opened for someone else and I don't recall much about their performace. After seeing their new video for Woke Up New, now I wish I had paid more attention. If I recall correctly, the show they played pulled a fairly large crowd, so hopefully they'll return soon.

"Get Lonely" is every bit as assured as its predecessor, "The Sunset Tree", but the mood is entirely different. "Sunset" chronicled the fraught, violent relationship between John Darnielle and his stepfather and derived its power from an unblinking exorcism of personal demons, while "Get Lonely" is the haunted aftermath. It's a reflective, intimate record. The mood is one of bittersweet resignation rather than cathartic release. It's a quiet triumph, murmuring with a modest but entirely surefooted confidence. An uncannily coherent and subtly redemptive record which will come to be seen as Mountain Goats' most resonant, assured, and magical collection of songs so far.



If you are in Los Angeles or San Fran, DON'T MISS the Bookeaters Benefit. The Mountain Goats performing with Jenny Lewis, Dave Eggers,Aimee Mann, Sarah Vowell, and host by Andy Richter in LA and Jonathan Richman, Zach Rogue Mark Kozelek, Dave Eggers, Sarah Vowell and hosted by Patton Oswalt in San Francisco. Both shows benefit the 826 Writing Centers.

8/26/06 Los Angeles, CA Royce Hall Book-Eaters benefit
8/28/06 San Fran, CA Palace of Fine Arts Book-Eaters benefit