The Mountain Goats — Get Lonely

By now you already know what to expect from The Mountain Goats — minimalist production, hushed songs and soul-baring lyrics. Even 14 albums in 11 years can't get these guys to try something dramatically different, but frontman John Darnielle does "tortured indie rocker" so well that we can forgive him for his lack of adventure. Still, Darnielle needed to do something interesting to follow last years' The Sunset Tree, a moving record about living with an abusive father. Get Lonely isn't nearly as in-your-face as their previous disc, but the Californian group still deal with an emotional topic, albeit a more universal one — a break-up. The lyric "When I got home I thought about you/Like a desperate police man searching for clues" on "In The Hidden Places" only begins to unravel Darnielle's complex inner thoughts. 

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