The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives - CD

1 CD

Animals, fugitives, loners, and crumbling signs of life swim through the depths of the Mountain Goats' "Getting Into Knives".

Like an eight-foot swell of blades, John Darnielle, Matt Douglas, Peter Hughes, and Jon Wurster ground the songs in the impermanence of permanence and the certainty of uncertainty, the casual and subtle threat that everything will come to an end.

The Mississippi River slithers alongside the sprawl of Memphis, separating Tennessee from Arkansas. That constant churn fuels the city's energy, marking it as a hub long before it became a beating heart of soul, blues, and country. The Mountain Goats tapped into that devotion by decamping from North Carolina to Sam Phillips Recording, a spot that played home to sessions for The Cramps and was designed to be a post-show hangout for Elvis Presley. The quartet packed into the studio to bask in its past, alongside guests including Charles Hodges, who played organ on Al Green's genre-defining hits. Camraderie radiates throughout "Getting Into Knives", many tracks featuring seven or more musicians playing at once.