The Mountain Goats Allmusic. The mountain goats are at their core john darnielle s band. The mountain goats is an american durham north carolina based band led by american singer songwriter john darnielle darnielle began recording in 1991 and is known for his highly literate lyrics and until 2002 his lo fi recording style.
Transcendental youth is the 14th proper mountain goats album and it s a dark ride seeing darnielle return to the depressive character studies. The mountain goats albums have featured a constantly changing line up of musicians with darnielle the only constant. Find album reviews stream songs credits and award information for beat the champ the mountain goats on allmusic 2015 in this life you take your iconic experiences.
At his best he writes finely observed slightly surreal impressionistic vignettes that.
When performing live the band. Find the mountain goats similar influenced by and follower information on allmusic. The homecoming on shrimper records in 1991 many of his first recordings and performances featured darnielle accompanied by members of the all girl reggae band the casual girls who became known as the bright mountain choir. The band s name is a reference to the screamin jay hawkins song yellow coat.