The Mountain Goats - "The Sunset Tree" label_TenThousand Projects and continued throughout the year

and continued throughout the year in Baltimore before road-testing these songs at a series of secret shows under fake names

Influences include such bands as The Smiths

The Secret Sisters

and sometimes brutal honesty

Included are Lesa Aldridge's take on The Velvet Underground's "After Hours

The Mountain Goats - "The Sunset Tree" label_TenThousand Projects and continued throughout the yearThe general musical framework within which The Mountain Goats have worked for ten plus years has been acoustic guitar, bass, and voice. The lyrics are central to the whole enterprise. Many of the songs involve desperate characters who've found themselves in some trouble. The Mountain Goats is a band led by American singer songwriter John Darnielle. He began recording in 1991, and he has become known for his highly literary lyrics and, until 2002, his