Getting Into Knives
Recorded in Memphis before lockdown, the Mountain Goats’ second album of 2020 is lush and loose, full of stories about personal fulfillment, in whatever form it takes.
Over the course of 13 songs, the spell cast by John Darnielle & co. confers a dark blessing that seems driven by a rare,…
Let's get the first big question out of the way: No, Getting into Knives is not a concept album about knives.
Dismissing the idea of allowing 2020 to go to waste, Getting Into Knives is the follow-up to John Darnielle's solo album, Songs for Pierre C...
Nearly every songwriter as prolific and legendary as John Darnielle begins to repeat themselves eventually. Yet The Mountain Goats, of which Darnielle is the only constant member, has had a remarkably versatile late career.
The band’s uniquely existential and observational approach to rock is, for the first time, beginning to wear thin.
Getting Into Knives by The Mountain Goats album review by Adam Fink. The band's forthcoming release comes October 23, via Merge Records