This is reminding me so much of early-to mid 2010's mountain goats, which might be one of my favourite periods of their music. And the song being about the same people as the ones in color in your cheeks???? I cant fucking wait for this album
add me to the All Hail #1 list. but then there's Beautiful rat Sunset and Sweden and Tallahassee and The Sunset Tree and The Coroner's Gambit and the Life of the world to come and etc and it goes on like this for days... i confess i don't like these arrangements from the last handful of rekkids with the brass sections and etc. not the Goats i knew, but John's lyrics are still as genius as they've always been.
Ancient Greek on the album cover! Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 647-48: “I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father’s halls"
Bless you for this! It looked familiar but I had no idea how to translate. By "familiar" I mean I went to Reed College when Humanities 101 (a required class for freshmen) covered work from the time, starting with the Iliad as required reading over the summer. We then continued to study that area and all the important dead white dudes who wrote plays, philosophy, etc. for the rest of the year. We studied some pottery/urns/physical art from the same period... so yeah, familiar. If I sound less than enthusiastic about the class: overall, it wasn't bad. Some of what we read was fantastic, but the 9AM lectures and 2 hour classes to discuss whatever we studied ended up being the first time I realized I was different... if I got bored (and didn't fall asleep) I'd start feeling antsy. Eventually I'd get to a point where I wanted to scream because boredom would shift into physical distress and discomfort. I'd have to walk out mid-lecture in full view of the entire class. I genuinely thought everyone felt that way! I just assumed they were better at handling it... when I asked friends and classmates how they managed to stay and listen while feeling so terrible: they didn't know what I was talking about. (・-・;)ゞYears later after graduating I was finally diagnosed with ADHD. *Anyway* Thanks for the translation! Humanities must still have some influence on me because I LOVE the cover art and pre-ordered a shirt as soon as I saw it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (BTW: I've heard a lot of recent Reed students have pushed to expand Humanities into MORE than just dead white dudes from that region. I've also heard they've been successful. I'm proud of them)
How clever! The larger section of the play being “Mighty Polynices shouts such threats and [640] invokes his native gods, the gods of his fatherland, to watch over his prayers in every way. He holds a shield, a perfect circle, newly-made, with a double symbol cleverly fastened on it: [645] a woman modestly walking in the fore leads a man in arms made, it appears, of hammered gold. She claims to be Justice, as the lettering indicates, “I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father's halls.” Such are the inventions fixed to their shields” And isn’t that the album cover?
Twenty-two albums in and still absolutely incredible. Edit: Also have to point out I love how Copiah, Mississippi is marked on the globe for a couple seconds when JD mentions the name at 0:41
I hadn't notuced that, thanks! Also, when i checked that out i also noticed that the same is true for "one from East St. Louis" in the first sentence of the song at 0:24?
@@Thylaacine That's not St. Petersburg, looks more like Lithuania. Which, considering he says "Breakaway Republic Dude" would make more sense, he's from a republic that broke away from the Soviet Union. Taipei is also highlighted when he changes planes there.
Anybody else love that this has moral oral intro vibes? It's odd that there are so many spinning globes to different mountain goats songs. Seriously cant be more hype for this album
@@kyle2 man they came by somewhat close but a 2 hour drive is too far. I fucking love the mountain goats and I really hope I get to see them in person someday.
The never ending fountain of music that is The Mountain Goats. Also, I can't be the only one who noticed that the terminator line is going the wrong direction? Or does it signify that something is happening in reverse?
Well, John, you've done it yet again. I cannot wait to hear the rest of this album if I already relate to Jenny so well. I was the "mother" of a house like Jenny's. I went through all the dirty kid rituals of addiction, poverty, shame, and desire.
One from East St Louis with a scar beneath his eye Left the kitchen spotless on the day he said goodbye Breakaway republic dude, supremely filthy mouth Copiah, Mississipi, points much further south It's never light outside yet when they climb into the van Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can Leave home feeling empty, change planes in Taipei Stay awake the whole time, end up several worlds away The house was almost full that day, they made a space for you This world is sad and broken, gotta fix a crack or two Rest until you're rested, climb back onto the caravan Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can And then just when you think you've learned how to forget You learn it's just the ones who haven't risen to the surface yet Absence after absence, keep the place secure This will be the last time that I do this, I'm pretty sure No one lasts for long in this profession, so they say Maybe see you again someday Every endpoint fixed forever on the day its arc began Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can Forget the ones you can
One from East St. Louis with a scar beneath his eye Left the kitchen spotless on the day he said goodbye Breakaway republic dude, supremely filthy mouth Copiah, Mississippi; points much further south It's never light outside yet when they climb into the van Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can Leave home feeling empty, change planes in Taipei Stay awake the whole time, end up several worlds away The house was almost full that day, they made a space for you This world is sad and broken, gotta fix a crack or two Rest until you're rested, climb back onto the caravan Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can And then just when you think you've learned how to forget You learn it's just the ones who haven't risen to the surface yet Absence after absence, keep the place secure This will be the last time that I do this, I'm pretty sure No one lasts for long in this profession, so they say Maybe see you again someday Every endpoint fixed forever on the day its arc began Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can Forget the ones you can
This might be a new favorite for me. I really love the seeds this song plants for the rest of the album, and can’t wait for this record!! Jenny has to be one of my favorite songs of all time, and this is such an exciting day. John you beautiful beautiful man.
Hey John, thanks for making cassettes for this. I know I'm a minority but I genuinely get excited when I see it in the store. I only ask you release older albums on cassette. Cheers brother.
Fairly random, but when John sings "breakaway republic dude", which I assume calls back to Soviet Georgia in Color in Your Cheeks, the animation highlights the baltics, not the caucasus. Not a criticism, just a fun bit of pedantry.
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I will listen to this song. And I will engage with the related content on social media.
So will I!
Which TMG song is that line from?
this is the way
That’s the new wave, leave comments that sound like bots
@@BurloBrandoVonBando lol
what a never ending gift it is to be a fan of the Mountain Goats
Truth!
Preach!
Everytime that piano riff sounds I keep expecting it to transition into the Bluey theme.
This comment makes me endlessly glad that I've never heard the bluey theme.
This is reminding me so much of early-to mid 2010's mountain goats, which might be one of my favourite periods of their music. And the song being about the same people as the ones in color in your cheeks???? I cant fucking wait for this album
Man I think All Hail is like the best album. I’m so glad people agree with me, it seems like so many prefer his more recent stuff
@@jeffperson3765Same, All Hail is my favourite.
@jeffperson3765 damn really? I see everyone saying AHWT is their best. Sunset tree is definitely my favourite of theirs though
I object to all of you on the grounds of Full Force Galesburg
add me to the All Hail #1 list. but then there's Beautiful rat Sunset and Sweden and Tallahassee and The Sunset Tree and The Coroner's Gambit and the Life of the world to come and etc and it goes on like this for days... i confess i don't like these arrangements from the last handful of rekkids with the brass sections and etc. not the Goats i knew, but John's lyrics are still as genius as they've always been.
Cannot stress enough how perfect the timing of such releases always seems to be in the life journey of those listening ❤
Seriously. Kinda creepy how accurate things are, and how much you needed to hear it.
AINT THE UNIVERSE BE THE MOST WILD OF THINGS!
100%
exactly. Moving into my first apartment and starting my first real job. Clean Slate indeed.
Gods (Johns) blessings usually are right on time
John really doesn't stop, the man is indefatigable.
Indefatigable is a damn fine word. Untired after a long walk and able to walk on some more.
I'm amazed how John Darnielle can be so whimsical, so poignant, and so heartbreaking at the same time, and so consistently.
Very few writers in any medium can do it, let alone do it well. John is one of the few.
Ancient Greek on the album cover! Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 647-48: “I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father’s halls"
Bless you for this! It looked familiar but I had no idea how to translate. By "familiar" I mean I went to Reed College when Humanities 101 (a required class for freshmen) covered work from the time, starting with the Iliad as required reading over the summer. We then continued to study that area and all the important dead white dudes who wrote plays, philosophy, etc. for the rest of the year. We studied some pottery/urns/physical art from the same period... so yeah, familiar.
If I sound less than enthusiastic about the class: overall, it wasn't bad. Some of what we read was fantastic, but the 9AM lectures and 2 hour classes to discuss whatever we studied ended up being the first time I realized I was different... if I got bored (and didn't fall asleep) I'd start feeling antsy. Eventually I'd get to a point where I wanted to scream because boredom would shift into physical distress and discomfort. I'd have to walk out mid-lecture in full view of the entire class.
I genuinely thought everyone felt that way! I just assumed they were better at handling it... when I asked friends and classmates how they managed to stay and listen while feeling so terrible: they didn't know what I was talking about. (・-・;)ゞYears later after graduating I was finally diagnosed with ADHD.
*Anyway*
Thanks for the translation! Humanities must still have some influence on me because I LOVE the cover art and pre-ordered a shirt as soon as I saw it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(BTW: I've heard a lot of recent Reed students have pushed to expand Humanities into MORE than just dead white dudes from that region. I've also heard they've been successful. I'm proud of them)
How clever! The larger section of the play being
“Mighty Polynices shouts such threats and [640] invokes his native gods, the gods of his fatherland, to watch over his prayers in every way. He holds a shield, a perfect circle, newly-made, with a double symbol cleverly fastened on it: [645] a woman modestly walking in the fore leads a man in arms made, it appears, of hammered gold. She claims to be Justice, as the lettering indicates, “I will bring this man back and he will have his city and move freely in his father's halls.”
Such are the inventions fixed to their shields”
And isn’t that the album cover?
1. loving the new song
2. so pumped there's a new album
3. have we been watching a lot of Bluey or...
We all LOVE the mountain goats!!.
Band is legit
Twenty-two albums in and still absolutely incredible.
Edit: Also have to point out I love how Copiah, Mississippi is marked on the globe for a couple seconds when JD mentions the name at 0:41
I hadn't notuced that, thanks!
Also, when i checked that out i also noticed that the same is true for "one from East St. Louis" in the first sentence of the song at 0:24?
Every location he mentions gets a blip on the map as well!
At 0:38 it points to Saint Petersburg
@@Thylaacine That's not St. Petersburg, looks more like Lithuania. Which, considering he says "Breakaway Republic Dude" would make more sense, he's from a republic that broke away from the Soviet Union.
Taipei is also highlighted when he changes planes there.
@@latersatyr it’s hard to say when the dots are big
You can tell John's a dad bc this is the Bluey intro
Anybody else love that this has moral oral intro vibes? It's odd that there are so many spinning globes to different mountain goats songs. Seriously cant be more hype for this album
THATS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND!! I’m so glad others are also thinking the same way
It's literally the Bluey intro lmao
I thought this was going to be the Bluey theme for a second 🐶. Reminds me of transcendental youth, one of my all time favorite albums.
This song has such a great warmth to it, I'm already in love with this album.
god this feels like a beautiful spiritual successor to both transcendental youth and ahwt. and i'm fucking obsessed. october cannot come soon enough.
I really hope I can see you guys soon. This music is damn nearly the only thing keeping me from going postal.
hope you can catch em soon. they're so amazing live. listen to the shows on the archive as a holdover until you can make it!
@@kyle2 man they came by somewhat close but a 2 hour drive is too far. I fucking love the mountain goats and I really hope I get to see them in person someday.
The never ending fountain of music that is The Mountain Goats.
Also, I can't be the only one who noticed that the terminator line is going the wrong direction? Or does it signify that something is happening in reverse?
I hear a Bluey motif in the intro... Nice!
Well, John, you've done it yet again. I cannot wait to hear the rest of this album if I already relate to Jenny so well. I was the "mother" of a house like Jenny's. I went through all the dirty kid rituals of addiction, poverty, shame, and desire.
"Every end point fixed forever on the day its arch began." Truer words...
Remember at your peril, love the mountain goats every day
One from East St Louis with a scar beneath his eye
Left the kitchen spotless on the day he said goodbye
Breakaway republic dude, supremely filthy mouth
Copiah, Mississipi, points much further south
It's never light outside yet when they climb into the van
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
Leave home feeling empty, change planes in Taipei
Stay awake the whole time, end up several worlds away
The house was almost full that day, they made a space for you
This world is sad and broken, gotta fix a crack or two
Rest until you're rested, climb back onto the caravan
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
And then just when you think you've learned how to forget
You learn it's just the ones who haven't risen to the surface yet
Absence after absence, keep the place secure
This will be the last time that I do this, I'm pretty sure
No one lasts for long in this profession, so they say
Maybe see you again someday
Every endpoint fixed forever on the day its arc began
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
Forget the ones you can
I'm defo gonna do a cover of this
Experts are referring to this song as a "certified giga-banger"
"Clean Slate" debuted at #24 on the New Alt 40 Chart this week
Loving it!! Reminds me a lot of Prowl Great Cain (in the best way)
AHWT is my favorite album. This feels like such a blessing and I couldn’t be more excited.
This puts a pep in my step like a sip of soda and a french fry! Nostalgic and good.
I cannot believe how good this song is! I always love their lead singles, but this might be my fav one since I became a fan
the horns in this song are just *chef's kiss*
Love the callbacks to the places referenced in Colour in your Cheeks
Yeah, it felt like it deepened the story.
Escuchar esta canción hace remontar lo pasado para revivirlo, como si el presente fuera ayer, como si el ayer aún transcurriera
I love the full feel this song has, it's wonderful
The Mountain Goats will make it through this year, if it kills them.
still in my top 3 favorite bands, thank you for endless hours of listening
New album new tour! come to berlin
Interestingly, this house (the point they zoom in on) is almost exactly half a world a way from (antipodal to) the Olduvai Gorge.
Nice! Looking forward to Jenny! Now go and make some plans for shows in Europe! 😊
The strings and the brass 😍
One from East St. Louis with a scar beneath his eye
Left the kitchen spotless on the day he said goodbye
Breakaway republic dude, supremely filthy mouth
Copiah, Mississippi; points much further south
It's never light outside yet when they climb into the van
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
Leave home feeling empty, change planes in Taipei
Stay awake the whole time, end up several worlds away
The house was almost full that day, they made a space for you
This world is sad and broken, gotta fix a crack or two
Rest until you're rested, climb back onto the caravan
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
And then just when you think you've learned how to forget
You learn it's just the ones who haven't risen to the surface yet
Absence after absence, keep the place secure
This will be the last time that I do this, I'm pretty sure
No one lasts for long in this profession, so they say
Maybe see you again someday
Every endpoint fixed forever on the day its arc began
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
Forget the ones you can
This made my day better!
Just came to say what an excellent time I had at the Eau Claire show this month, you guys rock!
SEEING THE GOATS FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT AND THIS HAS ME SO HYPE
Of course it's incredible. What a damn bop.
Twenty-two albums already?! That is crazy impressive production to still sound just as good, I love the energy
Man, what a tune.
I was just thinking the other day that we must be due for some more tMG.
If my life were a musical, this would be the opening score.
This might be a new favorite for me. I really love the seeds this song plants for the rest of the album, and can’t wait for this record!! Jenny has to be one of my favorite songs of all time, and this is such an exciting day. John you beautiful beautiful man.
2:10 reminds me of outer scorpion squadron
Thanks John and Goats!
This is so easy to play guys. It's mostly C and F. The walk is super simple too. Cheers 🥂
screaming and crying and throwing up. can't wait to see y'all in boston
Love it. 👍
God this is a great start. What a bop.
Whoooo can't wait for October!
Has John Darnielle been watching a lot of Bluey lately? Anyone else heard part of the Bluey theme in this song?
Clean slate❤
So sad that I’m leaving Seattle a day before they perform there 😢 Favorite band of all time
I LOVE IT! 🤩 The energy, lyrics, instrumentals, references! 😆 Okay! 😃 Time to relisten to Color in Your Cheeks, then return to this one!
Thank you goats of the mount!
Here’s some further social media interaction. Always a good day when there’s a release.
Hey John, thanks for making cassettes for this. I know I'm a minority but I genuinely get excited when I see it in the store. I only ask you release older albums on cassette. Cheers brother.
God bless horn arrangements
I CANT WAIT TO LISTEN TO IT OMG!!
I am very excited for this
I can't wait for the album, this song is wonderful!!
Greatest band ever!
The song of the summer!!
Bro this song was so nice
This is the single we've been waiting a good few records for. Can't wait to hear the rest of this album!
Yay 🎉
I love the piano! Outstanding! Good job guys. Come back to Europe soon
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
brilliant. thank you again, for the millionth time the mountain goats
Ooof. This band is always tossing out new resonations. I'll try my best to forget the ones I can.
🐐
I dig it. Perfect message for today
I LOOOVE it already
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hey, that's my planet 😊
yes
Yessssss
I love this so much 😍❤❤
Damn the melody reminds me so much of Bluey lol
1:58 !!
Fairly random, but when John sings "breakaway republic dude", which I assume calls back to Soviet Georgia in Color in Your Cheeks, the animation highlights the baltics, not the caucasus. Not a criticism, just a fun bit of pedantry.
Someone came in from Taipei in that song, didn't they?
Great as usual
Yep
This is fantastic.
BABE WAKE UP NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS ALBUM
Great one!
Is it related to color in your cheeks lyrically/flip flopped perspective?
This is great!
Love it!
As brilliant as ever ❤
RMS MUSIC SOCIETY BEST SONGS OF 2024!
Epic
A new Jenny song ❤️
BLUEY!!!
I feel small sometimes don't you dare poetically condense it into a single line, John Darnelle of the Mountain Goats
Like an Ant in a Pecan Pie