The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (CD) Moider Mother Khurangbin

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Calexico’s second album

The album exhibits a folkier side of the band than on future releases

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The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan (CD) Moider Mother KhurangbinLin Manuel Miranda provides backing vocals on the latest full length release from John Darnielle's The Mountain Goats, that was created from notes about a dream Darnielle had. Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album in a decade, maybe even since Transcendental Youth. Its sumptuously crafted, full of gallows humour and as with so much of Darnielles best work delving below the surface reveals layers of deeper meaning