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Songs for Pierre Chuvin
Folk · 2020 · 10 tracks · 27m

Songs for Pierre Chuvin

The Mountain Goats

Ten songs of ancient pagan resistance recorded on a dying boombox. A dusty, intimate return to the lo-fi roots of a master storyteller.

April 10, 2020 · Merge Records

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A scholarly yet deeply personal reflection on survival and the passage of time.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 27m
01
Aulon Raid
2:13
02
Until Olympius Returns
2:12
03
Last Gasp at Calama
1:58
04
For the Snakes
2:09
05
The Wooded Hills Along the Black Sea
2:57
06
January 31, 438
2:22
07
Hopeful Assassins of Zeno
3:15
08
Their Gods Do Not Have Surgeons
3:34
09
Going to Lebanon 2
2:26
10
Exegetic Chains
4:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
The audible mechanical click of the Marantz recorder engaging at the start of Aulon Raid.
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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 Songs for Pierre Chuvin sound next to the rest of The Mountain Goats's catalogue?

Contemplative+2.5σ

Contemplative saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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