The Mountain Goats and Kaki King - Black Pear Tree EP [Full]

[@aarongiganti51]

Anyone else periodically forget about this album because it isn’t on spotify and then suddenly remember it and feel this overwhelming urge to listen to it and cry

[@rotmirerob]

Doing just that right now

[@dimebag5884]

Why isn't it on spotify though :(

[@stephenphilips7606]

Preach!

[@kmtslc]

Nope, it lives rent free in my heart and mind

[@Euroflounder]

Yeah, kinda...

[@oldnepalihippie]

Freakin fantastic. Not on Apple Music. So cool of you to upload. Goats in 2024!

[@collinharmon3207]

Such a nostalgic EP for me. It was freshman year and I sustained a traumatic brain injury within the first month. Was living in the dorms, on a busy floor, but I would withdraw to myself, smoke weed and go to the library late at night to play Diablo 2 and listen to this album on repeat.

[@gaylothropmissinformed1046]

I know what you mean... i know what i mean anyway... i sustained a few alcohol related OD's and can tell you; The Mountain Goats may have saved me back then. I don't care if you wouldn't understand how much your music means to me, John. Just know it does if you ever read this for some reason.

[@karljoseph8183]

Lost my health freshman year too. Moved far from home. Then I got crippled 2 months in, no explanation, lost the ability to walk on my own, lost control of my hands and suddenly I was so weak. I remember listening to the mountain goats so often, over and over, thinking of how I was trying my best. It does get better. It really does. Now I'm junior year and still can't walk without a cane, but I go to the roof of the engineering faculty at night in winter and sing the mountain goats as much as I want. Feels less alone.

[@pleasedrivefaster873]

Black Pear Tree is absolutely on the highest tier of all tMG releases. John lyrically and vocally in peak form with dazzling, diverse arrangements of sound. Every track is a stunner. 11/10

[@KrisHarsh]

it's confrontational to boot!

[@yourbelgianthings]

Echoing everyone else who said thank you for posting this! Black Pear Tree has become one of my all-time Mountain Goats songs. I never ever thought I would hear it live so it was incredibly special and emotional when tMG played it at a show in Buffalo a few years back.

[@cameroncross2016]

2023 and still not on spotify. realy feels criminal

[@notasfarwest]

it's because it was self-released, there's no record label to put it on spotify. same reason moon colony bloodbath or come come to the sunset tree aren't there. john could do it if he wanted to but it would probably have to transfer to merge or something. when devil in the shortwave and those EPs showed up on streaming this year they're just copyrighted to "the mountain goats" so its possible this one will appear someday.

[@williamdoe2513]

0:00 Black Pear Tree 3:48 Mosquito Repellent 6:41 Bring Our Curses Home 10:03 Supergenesis 13:20 Roger Patterson Van 16:13 Thank You Mario but Our Princess Is in Another Castle

[@notasfarwest]

thank you! i kept thinking about doing this and then putting it off. added to the description.

[@miles8677]

absolutely phenomenal.. my favorite is probably mosquito repellent but they're all so good

[@miles8677]

wait hang on.. supergenesis..

[@tophersouth3980]

This is one of the best things from the already incredible people involved, and it's baffling that it's available almost nowhere. Thank you for uploading it.

[@MaxThyme]

Urist admired a finely uploaded composition recently.

[@grantm3332]

I've been listening to this since 2016, the year it was posted. It's crazy to think of how much things have changed since then and yet I'm still an avid fan of this album and TMG as a whole.

[@siralexander3359]

this and moon colony bloodbath are the defining points of a persons TMG obsession

[@ChristBurner]

Thanks. Not familiar with John Vanderslice and some how I missed moon colony bloodbath first time round. 34 seconds into the first track, surrounded, had to come back and say thanks.

[@heathenrom819]

I absolutely love Moon Colony And I'm curious how you felt about the rest of it? I'd love to hear it for the first time again. I hear Pale White Moon Shines Down on Colorado and I'm hooked everytime.

[@chawatt989]

This is something different. The kind of different I needed.

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

Ooooohhh nice name! Haha! Love this type of depression! Lol...

[@BrianSSechrist]

Bring Our Curses Home feels like a companion to Song for Dennis Brown

[@ibnbuttata]

first album i heard by them, im in the rabbit hole now lol

[@szasah.2498]

i hope someday after i die, you listen to this

[@aletavaughan9170]

That's beautiful

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

Only if you die before me, friend ;)

[@OneAfter-wb9gq]

This is pure beauty.

[@janetsummers7988]

god tier mountain goats work.

[@reevegarrett8412]

Thanks for uploading this!

[@aribramlett7757]

Wow thank you! Roger Patterson Van is one of my new favorites!

[@someoneelse1534]

I just found a copy for sale in a local record store but i can’t even afford it. 😢

[@atelierunglaubwirklich7670]

danke schön !

[@gendertoads]

In case anyone wonders the track listing is Black Pear Tree Mosquito Repellent Bring Our Curses Home Supergenesis Roger Patterson Van Thank You Mario but Our Princess Is in Another Castle

[@camilleparkinson7838]

My fantasy is a collab between John Darnielle and Ren Gill... But it's so unlikely

[@Lynellefurbush]

Hope it's nots me ❤❤

[@andyanderson100]

Was the songwriting collaborative here?

[@notasfarwest]

i don't know for certain but i think jd wrote all the lyrics, roger patterson van and mosquito repellent are both 100% kaki's intrumentals with jd's words over the top (bring our curses home might also be this? not sure) and then jd wrote the others but kaki like fancied them up for the album? that's my best guess. basically if a guitar part is way better than jd's usual it's kaki

[@someoneelse1534]

Who’s playing the guitar in Roger Patterson Van?

[@notasfarwest]

that'd be kaki

[@someoneelse1534]

Wow, an impressive part

[@notasfarwest]

yeah she's an incredible guitarist

[@therexafyte8616]

This dude really pirated this, then put midroll ads in THE MIDDLE OF THE SONGS, and not even between verses. Bro u r evil

[@notasfarwest]

there are ads in this?? if there are i def dont make anything lol, i had no idea. just checked and there are no copyright claims on this video either, so i'm surprised there are ads. i have literally never made a penny from this account and have no desire to, please block the ads with ublock origin or something

[@Charlotte-I]

How do you block the ads exactly? I’d like to do that!

[@therexafyte8616]

Oh lol, yeah you can disable ads when you upload the video, idr where the button is. KZbin must have autofilled midroll ads. They’re really annoying on phone where you cant use an ad blocker

[@Charlotte-1]

@@therexafyte8616 Thanks! I can't find a button to block ads, however. Maybe @notasfarwest can fix it?

[@Pixel-Jam]

No more pirated than listening to this literally anywhere else

[@jekyll7115]

The Black Pill Tree

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

Thank you for your opinion, Dr. Jekyll