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 Mountain Goats with 2 releases next Friday

Posted by Loren on October 29, 2021

Mountain Goats with 2 releases next Friday
photo by Jade Wilson

The Mountain Goats, who recorded three new albums last March, leading to a busy release schedule in recent times: Songs for Pierre Chuvin (released April 2020), Getting Into Knives (released October 2020), and Dark in Here (released June 2021). Now, on November 5 for another Bandcamp Friday, the band will release The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 3 and 4 as pay-what-you-want digital formats. It starts as a Bandcamp exclusive, then hits other platforms on Nov. 12.

Mountain Goats with 2 releases next Friday
photo by Jade Wilson

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