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Beautiful Rat Sunset
Folk · 1994 · 8 tracks

Beautiful Rat Sunset

The Mountain Goats

Boombox recording. Eight tracks of high-tension acoustic folk that transform tape hiss into a shimmering, atmospheric backdrop for historical drama.

1994 · Ruff On Wax Recordings

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A frantic, intellectual urgency wrapped in a warm blanket of analog hiss.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
Itzcuintli-Totzli Days
1:24
02
New Star Song
3:02
03
Song for Cleomenes
3:51
04
Sendero Luminoso Verdadero
3:09
05
Song for Mark and Joel
2:13
06
Going to Maryland
2:55
07
Seeing Daylight
3:20
08
Resonant Bell World
2:36
Moments Worth Listening For
The aggressive, percussive guitar strumming on 'Song for Cleomenes' that feels like it might snap the strings.
The way the tape hiss swells and recedes between the frantic opening tracks, creating a ghostly secondary rhythm.
The sudden, jarring shift to a more melodic and yearning tone on 'Going to Maryland'.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Beautiful Rat Sunset sound next to the rest of The Mountain Goats's catalogue?

Defiant+1.4σ

Defiant saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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