Get Lonely is every bit as assured as it’s predecessor, “The Sunset Tree”, but the mood is entirely different. “Sunset” chronicled the fraught, violent relationship between John Darnielle and his stepfather and derived it’s 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.
01. WILD SAGE 02. NEW MONSTER AVENUE 03. HALF DEAD 04. GET LONELY 05. MAYBE SPROUT WINGS 06. MOON OVER GOLDSBORO 07. IN THE HIDDEN PLACES 08. SONG FOR LONELY GIANTS 09. WOKE UP NEW 10. IF YOU SEE LIGHT 11. COBRA TATTOO 12. IN COROLLA
