Benjamin Bird Amen to this. I love the work John Vanderslice and Annie Clark did on Heretic Pride and the Bright Mountain Choir on the early stuff and whatnot, but this is the best full-time lineup without a doubt. I feel like a solid 30% of my tMG listening is just agog over Jon "funniest drummer/drummiest funny person" Wurster's artistic craft, lol

If you're looking to get deeper in, I'd recommend listening through The Sunset Tree, Beat the Champ, Moon Colony Bloodbath, or Transcendental Youths. This band is pretty old and there's tons of older albums and songs.

Coroner's Gambit

Check out the Bottom of the Hill concert. It's one of my favorite things to listen to once you get past the guy that yells in the audience.

G# and Ab are the same note, man.

You're both right. G# and Ab are the same note, but the key of Emaj has four sharps. Those sharps are all the flats of different notes, but they're always referenced as sharps with regard to Emaj, because music theory.

im almost sure there's a song by that name on one of the earliest albums, almost

personally they remind me of a mix of The Decemberists with They Might Be Giants...

oh jeeze, i don't think that's a problem. new fans and old fans like the new material alike. new fans are happy to hear old tunes and old fans are happy to see new fans. I think his point is more about a mindset of being stuck in the past that's toxic. not liking things from the past.

Honestly Blood Capsules is a pretty shit song either way.

I'm sure it will, but if not, you can snag it by running the sharable URL through a youtube-mp3 converter.

Uncle Bogdan because it would be a little bit hard to fit a full choir in the live room.

the mountain goats have so many amazing songs that im incredibly grateful that they play any of them in any order at any time

@@moosemanis23 don't really need the choir, just a couple background singers would work, make it a more stripped back song, how Mountain Goats works best.

Not that you've been waiting three years to get this answer, but, yes, you can do inversions on the guitar. He seems to be a bit of a strumner, however, so I don't think it's the way he's used it playing the guitar.

Ovation guitars flourish, never mind.

...strictly sourgrass, don't harsh bro....

danman6669 I agree to some extent, but I feel like that’s missing the thrust of what he was saying. Understanding and steeping yourself in the past is something that’s important, but looking back with rueful wonder and sadness for what’s come to pass is another. I thought his ideas about nostalgia were really heartfelt and valuable. Lonely Hearts gave us a lot, but being cautioned against the perils of staring backwards while life hurtles fruitfully on is important, too.

@@meatcreap I think danman actually proved JD's point about nostalgia. Reverence and nostalgia should not be conflated, they are two different things, people need to listen a little harder to what is being said.

I thought this was a tMG lyric lmao

Comment attempting to be edgy paired with a complete lack of taste in music.