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https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-17-song-for-dana-plato-h99pt4e · 17 Feb 2026
A surprisingly full sound for this period, and a catching chorus at a point where John was quite chorus-averse. There's something nicely and deliberately unsettling in the bass progression that stops the song ever settling into a reassuring pattern, which ...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-16-noche-del-guajolote-s22yz85 · 16 Feb 2026
There's always something pleasant about a recording that sounds like a party. One of the reasons why (and I'm sure we'll get to them eventually) the Jordan Lake Sessions are so beloved by Mountain Goats fans is that they sound like friends playing together...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-15-hatha-hill-zbb5dj6 · 15 Feb 2026
Exceptionally simple riff at the core of this one, but the sound is irresistible. Heavy on the bass and moving at a soft and drowzy pace with beautifully droning violins in the mix. There are basically two chords in this with a soft vocal over the top and ...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-14-going-to-port-washington-uvv4g9n · 14 Feb 2026
OK, so the story behind this one is absolutely adorable. While ultimately this was available on the rarities album Ghana, this was initially released as part of The Wedding Record, a four track album that one of John's friends put out to announce his upcom...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-13-song-for-john-davis-dcbh23r · 13 Feb 2026
Grumble of tape recorder, opening bright chord, historical lyrics, this is peak early Mountain Goats. John's love of history, especially of the small personal lives of people in remarkable historical situations, is one of his most assured strengths. I've a...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-12-pure-gold-6ur2kgj · 13 Feb 2026
Another multi-instrumental track, which fills out the sound significantly. Having spent around six weeks in the world of early Mountain Goats there is something magical that I see happening when John is working with other people and suddenly the dimensions...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-11-wrong-wrky64p · 11 Feb 2026
Hello keyboard my old friend... There's something lovely about the Mountain Goats songs that got made for little tapes or compilations or were otherwise sent off into the world to find their way. Album tracks or tracks for John's cassettes invariably have ...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-10-whole-wide-world-66dkgjz · 10 Feb 2026
Oh John, with your soft voice saying unsettling things. I'm being put to sleep and kept awake at the same time and by the same thing. This is a song whose sadness is quiet and contained and no less devastating for that. It's small because sometimes the thi...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-9-some-swedish-trees-bbfcy27 · 10 Feb 2026
God, I am such a sucker for band chat in songs. There's nothing like thinking of bands as collections of voices to make the sing feel natural and like it captures a moment. And on the chorus of this odd little pastoral we get (for I think the first time in...
https://miscellany.pckt.blog/february-8-sept-19-triple-x-love-love-ggb55y6 · 10 Feb 2026
So, dates. I'm writing this on February 10 about the song for February 8 which namechecks September 19 unless you're looking at the Youtube version which namechecks September 16. One of those dates is my birthday. So I'm starting this one off timelost. And...