Name: The Sunset Tree
Brand: The Mountain Goats

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CAD-2508-1

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2008-05-06

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Beggars Group

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Sales:8.875

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652637250817

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The Mountain Goats

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Rock-Pop

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The Mountain Goats are an American indie folk band formed in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. Although initially a solo project, Darnielle has collaborated with various musicians over the years. In the 1990s, they gained recognition for their lo-fi home recordings and releases on cassette or vinyl formats. Since 2002, the band has recorded studio albums with a full lineup. Currently based in Durham, North Carolina.

Line-ups:
<ul>
<li>1991-1996: John Darnielle and Rachel Ware</li>
<li>2002-2007: John Darnielle and Peter Hughes</li>
<li>2007-2015: John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster</li>
<li>2015-present: John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wuster, Matt Douglas</li>
</ul>

Occasional members:
<ul>
<li>1991-1995: Sarah Arslanian, Amy Piatt, Rosanne Lindley</li>
<li>1995-present: Franklin Bruno, Erik Friedlander, John Vanderslice</li>
</ul>

the sunset tree', goes further still. recorded with producer john vanderslice in northern california towards the end of 2004, 'the sunset tree' is a collection of songs about the house that darnielle grew up in and the people who lived there - an ensemble cast which includes darnielle himself, an ex-girlfriend, his mother, stepfather and sister, old friends and old enemies. although it is a dark record, it is far from a bleak one. crucially, darnielle garlands his darkest experiences with some of his sunniest melodies: 'dance music' is as jaunty as it is brief, skipping along hand in hand with a playful piano part that offers an impossible counterpoint to the unblinking honesty of the lyrics; 'this year' borders on the anthemic, its swaying confidence in telling contrast to the backhanded bravura of the refrain "i'm going to make it through this year, if it kills me"; and 'lion's teeth' captures an ancient split-second of domestic violence in a nervy, staccato march which renders everything that happens newly urgent and almost unbearably vivid

The Sunset Tree

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