Zopilote Machine

Folk · 1994 · 19 tracks

Zopilote Machine

The Mountain Goats

Nineteen tracks of hyper-literate folk recorded directly to a boombox. Violent acoustic strumming, tape hiss, and songs about mythology and survival.

July 1994 · 3 Beads Of Sweat

A frantic, hyper-literate explosion of nervous energy and survival instinct.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks

01

Alpha Incipiens

1:37

02

Azo Tle Nelli in Tlalticpac?

3:03

03

Alpha Sun Hat

1:25

04

The Black Ice Cream Song

2:03

05

Sinaloan Milk Snake Song

2:14

06

We Have Seen the Enemy

1:54

07

Standard Bitter Love Song #7

2:23

08

Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums

2:25

09

Orange Ball of Love

2:12

10

Orange Ball of Hate

2:10

11

Bad Priestess

1:30

12

Going to Bristol

2:02

13

Young Caesar 2000

2:18

14

Going to Lebanon

2:29

15

Grendel's Mother

2:21

16

Song for Tura Satana

2:04

17

Alpha in Tauris

2:09

18

Going to Georgia

2:16

19

Quetzalcoatl Is Born

2:21

Moments Worth Waiting For

The violent, rhythmic thumping of the guitar body acting as a kick drum on Alpha Incipiens.

Reviews

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does Zopilote Machine sound next to the rest of The Mountain Goats's catalogue?

High Energy+2.0σ

It runs far hotter than this artist's baseline.

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