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Track: Up the Wolves
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Album: The Sunset Tree

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Name: The Mountain Goats
Spotify Genres: folk punk, anti-folk, indie folk
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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 - The Sunset Tree
Year: 2008
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock, Indie Rock

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LYRICS

there's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
no matter where you live.
there'll always be a few things, maybe several things
that you're going to find really difficult to forgive.
there's going to come a day when you feel better.
you'll rise up free and easy on that day.
and float from branch to branch,
lighter than the air.
just when that day is coming, who can say? who can say?

our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome.
but there's going to be a party when the wolf comes home.

were going to commandeer the local airwaves
to tell the neighbours whats been going on.
and they will shake their heads and wag their bony fingers
in all the wrong directions,
and by daybreak we'll be gone.

I'm going to get myself in fighting trim,
scope out every angle of unfair advantage.
I'm going to bribe the officials.
I'm going to kill all the judges.
it's going to take you people years to recover from all of the damage.

our mother has been absent ever since we founded rome.
but there's going to be a party when the wolf comes home.

go!