the Mountain Goats - Mobile

[@drugbuddy665]

thank god the mountain goats keep putting out albums because who the fuck else is going to fix everything that happened to us this year

[@thatonezoey334]

I broke free on a Saturday morning I put the pedal to the floor Headed north on Mills Avenue And listened to the engine roar

[@joshshrum2764]

Now we just need Radiohead, and American Football, to put out new albums.

[@tompadfoot3065]

@@thatonezoey334 love that song. When my mom died a few years ago I listened to that song at least twice a day for a year straight, it was my lifeline to reality

[@dahlia8534]

Yeah, This Year

[@felipebraylen9463]

I guess I'm pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to watch new tv shows online?

[@floral_stone]

The song sounds like what it feels like to go for an early morning walk as the sun rises, but the air is still crisp from the night.

[@drugbuddy665]

100% correct, this song is the warm sun hitting your face first thing in the morning after a chilly night

[@jojones4685]

Aww yes

[@MrSilvUr]

Nailed it.

[@trevornunn6427]

I literally just went on a long walk under the midday sun and started it off with this song. It is perfect for a long walk on a clear day.

[@Technodreamer]

"May I address the foreman of the jury, why do you hold back your fury? Don't hold back your fury" I don't know what this is saying to me but it's speaking real loud

[@cornacopia1031]

Not to make it political but I read it in the sense of the George Floyd trial deliberations going on right now. Definitely a deeper meaning to it, and I don’t think JD wrote that line specifically thinking that, but that line resonated for me too.

[@Technodreamer]

@@cornacopia1031 Fuck, that's a good line to draw.

[@nitfens6863]

@@cornacopia1031 obviously interpretation of music is up to the individual listener and you can let the song touch you wherever seems right, but I would just like to point something out. The story in the song is the book of Jonah (a fairly quick and light read if you're not looking to dive to deep in to it), "please don't hold back your fury" is Jonah demanding of God that he still destroy Ninveh despite them having repented and mended their ways, because he doesn't see repentance in the face of threat as genuine, and that once they see that the threat of destruction was removed they would stop believing Jonah's prophecy and return to injustice. God responds to Jonah basically that he is being heartless and self important, and that he shouldn't be the judge of whose sentiment is genuine or not, there's a very nice metaphor with a tree and a worm. Basically the demand for fury and retribution is actually in this case an unjust one, stemming from the accusers feelings about themselves, and not the accused. I'm sure the song is about more than just Jonah, and sorry if I ruined anything for you in any way, just thought this was worth sharing.

[@cornacopia1031]

@@nitfens6863 No, not ruined at all, and thanks for the backstory. It makes me wonder who JD is praying for retribution towards in the song, if that’s what’s happening. But because it’s good songwriting I think it’s deliberately ambiguous.

[@communismisfreedom]

@@cornacopia1031 this is how I read it as well, honestly .

[@ethel7255]

gotta say there's something surreal abt seeing a band you started listening to recently put out a song that looks like it's about your hometown and going "nah it's probably 'mobile' like the adjective" and then you listen to it and it's a, your hometown, and b, pronounced right :,)

[@marshallrobertson9040]

for real man

[@SirLightsOut99]

I’ve lived in Alabama all my life, and I go to college at South. Even with Mobile being one of the more fun places in Alabama, I always get jokes from my out of state/country friends about how uncool it must be to live here. But with the knowledge that Phineas and Ferb‘s creator graduated from South, and that we have a mountain goat song about us, at least we have a couple cool things now.

[@beanswishing9030]

Wake up everyone new goats

[@AshZelda]

Jonah went down to the docks to flee from the wrath of the Lord But the mark on his forehead was visible to everybody on board They threw him down into the water but he did not drown I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down. Now the Lord told the great fish, be free of your burden and Jonah emerged from his darkness like a dancer crashing through the curtain and the plant grew but it withered and it shrivelled up and turned brown. I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down. Lord, if you won't keep me safe and warm Then send down the storm Send down the storm Jonah was sure he heard voices, maybe just one voice but real clear And where he went, the voice followed, sometimes hardly loud enough to hear "Shall I not spare the wise with the wicked? Hold back my wrath from this town?" I'm on a balcony in Mobile, Alabama, waiting for the wind to throw me down May I address the foreman of the jury? Why do you hold back your fury? Don't hold back your fury .

[@powderstone8187]

Thank you.

[@willshogren1987]

Thanks Ash.

[@oliversale7984]

Can't wait to know every word to this song and then cry wordless one random morning listening to it whilst the sun pours over rich hills or the rain crashes on my door or the dark and creeping winter lingers. Thank you John this and all its future beauties.

[@malhoops92]

yes. just yes.

[@trailerparkjackson]

Ears: pleased ✅ Heart: comforted ✅ Album: ordered ✅

[@risingstar4948]

I’m here when a new mountain goats song drops? What a precious and wonderful thing. Digging the instrumentation, classic darnielle biblical subject matter, *chef’s kiss*

[@ms.curiousy8889]

Precious and wonderful is the perfect description!

[@julieisamoogle82]

This is the only time I’ve ever felt cool about being from Mobile, AL. Haha.

[@jacobwhitt-pittman7298]

me too!

[@stacyflowers7250]

Me too. I live in Daphne now.

[@rifow1]

I have a cheeky feeling this next album is going to be incredible

[@gabsgoo7716]

Not to be one of those sob story comments on a song, but I'm currently homeless, and far away from where I used to live, and this song really is hitting at the right moment. Lord, if you won’t keep me safe and warm Then send down the storm Send down the storm

[@ThinkTankerMeeks]

POV: you trust that a just god would throw you down into darkness but are confused when the jury seems too understanding and you plead for their condemnation.

[@SB_-cf5zp]

That's the point. Well stated!

[@plxnetastro]

this song sounds like having a good cry while sitting in the sun.

[@davindunleap9693]

I'd say this sounds like how slowly walking into a mossy pond feels

[@mikesalvage9569]

Took a lovely night-time walk around town to this album, and this song accompanied me along a long, moonlit stretch of Gravelly Bay in Port Colborne, Ontario. Felt like the stars were playing it.

[@felixmastropasqua2820]

this makes me feel nostalgic for something i havent experienced

[@butcholsen3237]

this is really nice, like a lukewarm cup of coffee

[@blackgoatwithathousandyoun5785]

That's...not nice.

[@butcholsen3237]

@@blackgoatwithathousandyoun5785 i beg tp differ

[@arbiter6298]

listening to this for the first time while unwrapping a package with my graduation robes for my bachelor's, and for some reason, it just fits

[@joshshrum2764]

That literally just makes me think of Asriel, in Deltarune.

[@stacyflowers7250]

Hello from Mobile Alabama

[@bobbykeniston7240]

Thank you. A song to not only think about, but one to wrap up in to keep warm. Not an easy task for a songwriter. Again, thank you.

[@thatcrazyyankee]

John darnielle is a writing machine here lately, im all for it to! Bring it on my dude, your music is phenomenal.

[@mmmmmmmk]

always has been ! dude is so prolific

[@una_10bananas]

Hearing this for the first time with thunder and lightning outside feels weirdly serendipitous

[@eeeelayna]

This song is amazing and has been on repeat since it came out, but the album cover! It’s beautiful! It and beautiful rats nest are 100% my favorite

[@adityakhanna113]

That's a beautiful portmanteau of Alpha Rats Nest and Beautiful Rat Sunset xD

[@Stacelicious]

I live right down the road from Mobile. I'm really feeling this 🥺💗

[@julieisamoogle82]

*waves from down the road*

[@Stacelicious]

Hi neighbor!

[@Mark-dc1su]

Hello from Mobile!

[@jadeflowerGMG]

More Music!!!

[@Mark-dc1su]

Who else has ended up drunken and in despair on the balcony of the old Music Box after a show? Can't be the only one.

[@stacyflowers7250]

I’ve been on that balcony but I was sober.

[@createyourownheaven]

Best thing they've released since Transcendental Youth.

[@Cobralalalala]

New Mountain Goats is always a welcome surprise! Thank you!!!

[@feralgecko9727]

Love, love, love the guitar tone in this track. Just incredible vibes all around.

[@cornacopia1031]

Same, I get vibes of Mark Knopfler on it.

[@masansr]

+

[@xndr1105]

god bless the mountain goats

[@evilspoons]

Absolutely fantastic production. I love how clearly separated all the instruments and the vocals are... we're pretty far from the days of screaming into a boombox onto tape but it still feels like The Mountain Goats. Also, I'm gonna have to give this a few more listens, but I suspect the lyrics are excellent.

[@fishy658]

NICE!!!!

[@FireAwayProductions]

Very mountain goatsy

[@GenusUnknown]

I can vibe to this

[@FORE1GNB0DY]

I just noticed the faint delay on the vox and now I can't help but notice it always

[@amykoyman9210]

I feel peace

[@jonahlefholtz8219]

I love that you distinguish between a whale and the big fish that actually swallowed Jonah. As a Jonah, I like my namesake's story to be told correctly. 🐟

[@brandonrempel1025]

This album is so good for my heart

[@Nokus416]

So excited for more new music. Thanks, guys. You make this world a better place.

[@jonathanmorales3949]

God this song is so good!

[@sarikik6038]

Lovely.

[@321bytor]

Oh yes! Who's art work is that? I love it 👍

[@321bytor]

...whose 😱

[@user-bq2ch8qk2v]

The artwork is Valborgsmässoafton i Bergslagen, Grangärde i Dalarna by Anshelm Schultzberg!

[@Hewlett-Packard-Lovecraft]

Lovely, John.

[@briancaselles369]

One of my new favorites

[@ssocialdrummer]

Loving this album, just purchased it.

[@raymondpearson7583]

Great track. Voice reminds me of Mike Scott

[@AshZelda]

New album two days after my birthday? Can't wait!

[@scottcerny4714]

Happy future birthday friend

[@Supergamer8100]

This is really good! It conjures the feeling of the end of a sleepy road trip through nature.

[@timsmitchell]

Beautiful!

[@rubin8352]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@a.bookmonkey6790]

John green sent me to the mountain goats and I’m so grateful for it

[@gretalastname7712]

Huh, which book? I read them all but i found the Mountain Goats completely due to the KZbin algorithm lmao

[@a.bookmonkey6790]

@@gretalastname7712 not his books, his youtube channel! he has talked repeatedly on vlogbrothers about how much he loves the mountain goats, and how excited he was when he got them to participate in the concert he and hank organized at carnegie hall several years ago

[@smithhenke5049]

This is so funny! I went the other way around lol. I was always vaguely aware of John Green before I listened to the Mountain Goats, but then Green was on the first episode of I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, and I was like "hmm... well if he likes tmg he probably has good taste and thoughts worth listening to"

[@masansr]

@@gretalastname7712 He has said it many of his videos, but he has also written about it in one of his books (I think it was Katherines), where tMG was playing on the radio.

[@vanessahughes6108]

Thank you, just...thank you!

[@DannyBellTheAuthor]

I love this so much.

[@fuknsatch]

No Cassette this time?!

[@dean-in-trenchcoat536]

I will respectfully be going insane thank you

[@LadyNekoshema]

Beautiful. I get lost in the instrumentals, but the lyrics pull me back for contemplation.

[@meheheh6432]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! i needed this

[@nitfens6863]

Biblical vibing, pretty unique mood...

[@grinningdog1967]

Good song. Looking forward to seeing the video.

[@max.well.c]

no way this came out a year ago, i just cannot believe that

[@JoshBelville]

Absolutely beautiful, as always.

[@ralphtouch8962]

Lou Reed drifting into....wait is it today? Very nice

[@danielstorll4537]

Super groovy song

[@Efexpe]

Really wish you were doing cassettes again for the new album but I'll settle for a disc

[@endersquid1132]

really excited for this album!

[@rubenjacobs8421]

I only listen to the mountain goats

[@andreabutitsruth]

“I’m waiting for the wind to throw me down” and “Don’t hold back your fury“ were powerful lines for me. I’m partway through writing a book with a main character who is beyond the stage of denying that what he’s done was wrong, but he’s stuck in the resolution stage, because he doesn’t want to admit to anyone that what he did was wrong. He’s just waiting for the other shoe to drop, waiting for the people in his life to hate him, and waiting for the wrath of whatever deity is out there to hit him- but it doesn’t happen.

[@plxnetastro]

bestie you better update this thread with the amazon link when you're done. that book sounds so cool.

[@andreabutitsruth]

@@plxnetastro Thank you so much! I certainly will!

[@ickisstone8134]

"I am in a restaurant in Northern Montana~ Waiting for the. Menu to coooooome~" "Why would hold back the sampler. Don't hold back the sampler~" - - - - "I am in a thrift store in Casey, Illinois. Waiting for the furniture to come~" x3

[@wogdog985]

!!!!!!!!!

[@LBallz]

Am I the only one getting serious Joey Scarburry "Believe it or Not" vibes when this first starts? Not that that's a bad thing! I love that song, just saying!

[@sadsam3733]

Hi, Joel.

[@pleasedrivefaster873]

FINALLY a real tMG album

[@blackgoatwithathousandyoun5785]

Can't decide if I love or hate this. Everyone comparing it to "walking in the crisp woods" or into "mossy ponds" and other dumb shit. Listen to Townes Van Zandt.

[@adaisychain4azathoth]

i raise you this: compare the smell of morning dew with the song “Let’s See If Thats True or Not” by the pillows - see if it fits better.