The Mountain Goats Lead Singer. If john darnielle lead singer and original member of the mountain goats described earlier records as three chords and a yelp the new album is more like 16 chords and some yelps. The mountain goats founder lead singer songwriter guitarist john darnielle has always been the nexus and driving force for the venture.

If john darnielle lead singer and original member of the mountain goats described earlier records as three chords and a yelp the new album is more like 16 chords and some yelps. The mountain goats originally a solo project of lead singer john darnielle has since their inception grown into much more. John darnielle the lead singer of the mountain goats has a famously devoted following and the band s new album the life of the world to come is teeming with religious references.
The mountain goats will release getting into knives on friday and the album is a spacious jazzy take on their often folk oriented style.
Literary home for john darnielle the lead singer and songwriter of the mountain goats for 26 years has been a theme in his writing lately. The mountain goats latest single get famous is a prime example as to why. A number of the group s albums have been produced as a collective. The mountain goats are an american band formed in claremont california by singer songwriter john darnielle the band is currently based in durham north carolina for many years the sole member of the mountain goats was darnielle despite the plural moniker.