Mountain Goats, The - Jenny From Thebes (Black, Gatefold, Digital Download Card) Odessey & Oracle

Mountain Goats, The - Jenny From Thebes (Black, Gatefold, Digital Download Card) Odessey & OracleJenny from Thebes began it's life as many albums by The Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric, "Jenny was a warrior Jenny was a thief Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief," became "Jenny III," a song which laid down a challenge he'd never taken up before: writing a sequel to one of his most beloved albums: All Hail West Texas. Recorded at Tulsa, Oklahoma's legendary The Church Studio with

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"I just try to do that in a way that uses abstract imagery as well

Q-Tip and Phife's delivery is deceptively simple

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and a topography of hallucinogenic contradictions: enchanting tangerine sunsets diffused by smog

the band worked with "rock'n'roll wizard" Joe Chicarelli (White Stripes

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relentless touring schedule and thoughts of recording with Lillywhite and Padgham in the studio where the same engineer/producer combo had established that drum sound

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When Smoke Rises is the debut solo musical release from Toronto-based