MOUNTAIN GOATS – JENNY FROM THEBES (INDIE)

Half & half yellow-black vinyl. Surprise sequel to the band’s acclaimed All Hail West Texas album. Jenny from Thebes includes guest performance by Alicia Bognanno (of Bully), Kathy Valentine (of the Go-Go’s) and Matt Nathanson. It was produced by four-time Grammy Award winner Trina Shoemaker. In the canon of Mountain Goats releases, All Hail marked the end & also the pinnacle of a beloved lo-fi Mountain Goats era (until Songs for PIerre Chuvin arrived in pandemic 20 years later), before John Darnielle pivoted to studio records with a proper band. The album is a top seller in the band’s vast catalog, with an impressive 18M streams on top of sales. There is a spiritual aura around the All Hail origin story, as it was recorded on John Darnielle’s retired and broken Panasonic tape player, purchased 1989 at a California Circuit City, which revived and whirred back to life by surprise. In the canon of Mountain Goats releases, All Hail marked the end & also the pinnacle of a beloved lo-fi Mountain Goats era (until Songs for PIerre Chuvin arrived in pandemic 20 years later), before John Darnielle pivoted to studio records with a proper band. The album is a top seller in the band’s vast catalog, with an impressive 18M streams on top of sales. There is a spiritual aura around the All Hail origin story, as it was recorded on John Darnielle’s retired and broken Panasonic tape player, purchased 1989 at a California Circuit City, which revived and whirred back to life by surprise.