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Satanic Messiah EP
Folk · 2008 · 4 tracks · 12m

Satanic Messiah EP

The Mountain Goats

Four tracks of hushed, hyper-literate folk. Acoustic guitars and lonely pianos provide a backdrop for occult vignettes and historical snapshots.

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It's like a collection of dark, acoustic short stories you read by candlelight.

A quiet, scholarly intensity that finds beauty in the dark corners of history and myth.

Satanic Messiah EP · vs · The Mountain Goats
Mysterious+2.0σ

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

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 12m
01
Sarcofago Live
3:18
02
Wizard Buys a Hat
2:37
03
Satanic Messiah
2:59
04
Gojam Province 1968
3:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unsettling contrast between the title 'Sarcofago Live' and the delicate, intricate acoustic guitar work that opens the EP.
The title track's transition into a more rhythmic, driving folk structure that feels like a ritual gathering pace.
The stark, lonely piano chords on 'Gojam Province 1968' that anchor the historical narrative in a deep sense of place.
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