The Mountain Goats Announce 'Days' Album and Tour, Drop New Single 'Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds'
The Mountain Goats are back with 'Days,' a new album arriving quickly after 'Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan.' Listen to the lead single and get tour dates.
Fresh off the heels of Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, The Mountain Goats have announced their new album, Days. The record promises a deep dive into the accumulation of memories and experiences, filtered through the band's signature blend of poignant storytelling and musical craftsmanship.
Leading the charge is the quirky and intriguing single, “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds.” This track, alongside other colorfully titled songs like “Best Hard Rock Albums 2013” and “Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums,” offers a glimpse into the album's thematic exploration.
According to John Darnielle, the album initially began as Grunges, a sequel to their acclaimed 2017 LP Goths. The inspiration struck after a joke on social media about writing a song called “Contemplating Pearl Jam in the Carolina Dawn.” Darnielle elaborates on the album's core, stating, “These songs are loosely about the 70s, 80s, and 90s, which is to say they’re about the accumulation of days, each one a little further back than the next, sometimes miraculously seeming clearer as they recede and sometimes blurring into unrecognizable shapes which are sometimes pleasant and sometimes troubling. Most songs here are in major keys but don’t let that fool you."
Days was produced by John Congleton and recorded at Sear Sound in Manhattan. The lineup features Darnielle, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster. Notably, Peter Hughes departed in 2024 after an impressive 30-year tenure with the band. The album also includes contributions from Rob Jost (bass, French horn), Mikaela Davis (harp), and various backing vocalists.
Revisit Darnielle’s Ozzy Osbourne obituary, For the Back Street Kids, and Sam Sodomsky’s 2023 profile Inside John Darnielle’s Boiling Brain.
Days Tracklist:
01 Song for Layne Staley
02 Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds
03 Shallow Grave
04 Candlebox
05 Annie Haslam Imperial Phase
06 Crying on Eddie Nash’s Grave
07 Days
08 Best Hard Rock Albums 2013
09 Going to Fennario
10 Woodstock
11 Hidden Majesty of Later Venom Albums
12 Last Day
The Mountain Goats Tour Dates:
05-15 Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
05-16 Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater
05-17 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
05-19 Boston, MA - Citizens House of Blues
05-21 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
05-22 Kalamazoo, MI - Bell’s Beer Garden
05-23 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue Theatre
05-24 St. Louis, MO - Delmar Hall
05-26 Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
05-28 Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall
05-29 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
05-30 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
05-31 Charleston, SC - Spoleto Festival USA
06-25 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
06-26 Berwyn, IL - Fitzgeralds Outdoors
07-10 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre ^
08-08 Portland, OR - Pioneer Courthouse Square *
08-09 Seattle, WA - ZooTunes at Woodland Park Zoo *
08-14 Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre
08-15 Cleveland, OH - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
08-16 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
08-17 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
08-19 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom
08-20 Lititz, PA - Mickey’s Black Box
08-21 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
08-22 Durham, NC - DPAC
10-05 Helsinki, Finland - Kuudes Linja #
10-07 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen #
10-08 Oslo, Norway - Vulkan Arena #
10-10 Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset #
10-11 Berlin, Germany - Metropol #
10-12 Hamburg, Germany - Pop Seasons at Christianskirche
10-13 Ghent, Belgium - De Centrale #
10-14 Utrecht, Netherlands - TivoliVredenburg #
10-16 Manchester, England - Albert Hall #
10-18 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street #
10-19 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowland Ballroom #
10-21 London, England - Hackney Church #
10-22 London, England - Hackney Church #
10-23 Bristol, England - Bristol Beacon #
11-24 Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall
12-10 New York, NY - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
12-11 New York, NY - Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
^ with the Avett Brothers
- with the Hold Steady
with Craig Finn
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