John Darnielle delves into the lore of 2002’s All Hail West Texas with a soft-rock opera that adds baroque arrangements to his brutal, tender storytelling.
The Mountain Goats leader talks about defying his past without disowning it, sidestepping the obvious, and his engrossing new album, Jenny From Thebes.
The dark comedy representative of much of The Mountain Goats' catalogue is found breathlessly lounging around Jenny from Thebe's tracklist, waiting for you to ask about its day and wondering if you thought hard enough about that last one-liner.