The Mountain Goats Get Lonely jennifer coolidge drummer Derek McNeil

drummer Derek McNeil

MacKaye's "Instrument" and Picciotto's "Last Chance for a Slow Dance

while the somber instrumental "Cathedral" shows Ed's use of digital delay and electric guitar volume swells to create a synthesizer-like sound

Their anarchist/nihilist attitude

"In Sadness For Our Dying World (here come the Christians) "

The Mountain Goats Get Lonely jennifer coolidge drummer Derek McNeilGet Lonely is every bit as assured as its predecessor, "The Sunset Tree", but the mood is entirely different. "Sunset" chronicled the fraught, violent relationship between John Darnielle and his stepfather and derived its power from an unblinking exorcism of personal demons, while "Get Lonely" is the haunted aftermath. It's a reflective, intimate record. The mood is one of bittersweet resignation rather than cathartic release. It's a quiet triumph,