I SWEAR I\u2019M NOT ALWAYS GROSS AND BITTER<\/span>. Sometimes I also listen to music?<\/p>\n The Mountain Goats, All Hail West Texas<\/span><\/span>. It\u2019s kind of amazing how catchy he already is. I get these songs stuck in my head all the time now. Everybody needs to know \u201cThe Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton\u201d because we\u2019ve all known those guys (\u2026I hope?) and also I\u2019ll say that the one time I really did fly in to DFW they really did pretty much tell me, \u201cCome on in; we haven\u2019t slept for weeks. Drink some of this; it\u2019ll put color in your cheeks.\u201d In general I think patient fans of the Weakerthans would like these guys, but then, if you like the Weakerthans you probably know that already so maybe I should run this recommendation the other way around. <\/p>\n Tallahassee<\/span><\/span>. You know, finding out that John Darnielle is happily married was just like finding out that Philip Roth was a Gentile woman. (\u2026Except for the part where the first thing happened.) \u201cNo Children\u201d is one of the best and harshest songs about marriage ever written, and we\u2019ve had a long time to enter that sweepstakes. There are other good songs on this album, which explores the divorce of a fictional couple, but seriously do you need more than one<\/span> bullet through the heart?<\/p>\n The Sunset Tree<\/span><\/span>: Apparently the only album which is definitely autobiographical, and it\u2019s just as bruised as you might expect. Ranges from the anthemic (\u201cThis Year\u201d) through the ambiguous (\u201cUp the Wolves\u201d) to the randomly- (and perhaps unnecessarily; I like this song less than most people, I think) Dostoevskyan (\u201cLove Love Love\u201d).<\/p>\n Next batch of albums in next post, as I am running out of Friday.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I SWEAR I\u2019M NOT ALWAYS GROSS AND BITTER. Sometimes I also listen to music? The Mountain Goats, All Hail West Texas. It\u2019s kind of amazing how catchy he already is. I get these songs stuck in my head all the time now. Everybody needs to know \u201cThe Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton\u201d because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n