John Darnielle's first "boombox recording" since 2002 The Mountain Goats bandleader John Darnielle has shared a new release, surprise album ‘Songs For Pierre Chuvin’, harking back to the group’s early days.
Released on April 10 via Bandcamp, the ten-track album was recorded at Darnielle’s home in Durham, North Carolina, on his old Panasonic RX-FT500 tape deck – the lo-fi method used to record classic early Mountain Goats records such as ‘Full Force Galesburg’ and ‘The Coroner’s Gambit’ back in the late 90s.
The Mountain Goats’ last studio album, 2019’s ‘In League With Dragons’, did not use this method. It’s the first time Darnielle has recorded an album with this method since 2002’s ‘All Hail West Texas’.