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Track: Color in Your Cheeks
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Album: All Hail West Texas (Remastered)

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Name: The Mountain Goats
Spotify Genres: folk punk, indie folk
Followers: 403,881
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The Mountain Goats are an American indie folk band formed in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has worked with a variety of collaborators over time. Throughout the 1990s, the Mountain Goats were known for producing low-fidelity home recordings (most notably, on a cassette deck boombox) and releasing recordings in cassette or vinyl 7” formats. Since 2002, the Mountain Goats have recorded studio albums with a full band. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. Line-ups: 1991-1996: John Darnielle and Rachel Ware. 2002-2007: John Darnielle and Peter Hughes. 2007-2015: John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wurster. 2015-2024: John Darnielle, Peter Hughes, Jon Wuster, Matt Douglas. 2024-Present: John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Matt Douglas. Occasional members 1991-1995: Sarah Arslanian, Amy Piatt, and Rosanne Lindley. Occasional members 1995-present: Franklin Bruno, Erik Friedlander, John Vanderslice.

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Release: The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
Year: 2013
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock

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she came in on the redeye to dallas-fort worth.
all the way from sunny taipei.
skin the color of a walnut shell,
and a baseball cap holding down her black hair.
and she came here after midnight.
the hot weather made her feel right at home.
come on in, we haven't slept for weeks.
drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks.

he drove from in from mexicali, no worse for wear.
money to burn, time to kill.
but five minutes looking in his eyes and we all knew he
was broken pretty bad, so we gave him what we had.
we cleared a space for him to sleep in,
and we let the silence that's our trademark
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drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks.

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it was the least that we could do to make our welcome clear.
come on in, we haven't slept for weeks.
drink some of this. it'll put color in your cheeks