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Tallahassee
Folk · 2002 · 14 tracks

Tallahassee

The Mountain Goats

A lushly recorded descent into the toxic, co-dependent marriage of the Alpha Couple. Hyper-literate folk that finds beauty in the wreckage of a Florida home.

November 5, 2002 · 4AD

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A suffocatingly intimate and literate exploration of a marriage fueled by gin and resentment.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Tallahassee
4:43
02
First Few Desperate Hours
3:04
03
Southwood Plantation Road
2:46
04
Game Shows Touch Our Lives
3:48
05
The House That Dripped Blood
2:53
06
Idylls of the King
3:32
07
No Children
2:46
08
See America Right
1:54
09
Peacocks
3:44
10
International Small Arms Traffic Blues
2:51
11
Have to Explode
3:22
12
Old College Try
2:53
13
Oceanographer’s Choice
4:08
14
Alpha Rats Nest
2:10
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring, high-energy strumming and vocal strain on See America Right that breaks the album's mid-tempo pace.
The communal, almost celebratory delivery of the darkest lyrics imaginable during the chorus of No Children.
The gentle, mournful piano melody on Peacocks that provides a brief, fragile respite from the domestic tension.
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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 Tallahassee sound next to the rest of The Mountain Goats's catalogue?

Love Lost+3.0σ

The writing leans far further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

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