The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ (2LP Vinyl)
The Mountain Goats - Beat the Champ
- 2x LP Vinyl
DESCRIPTION
2015 release from the veteran indie folk band led by John Darnielle. “Beat the Champ is about professional wrestling, which was an avenue of escape for me when I was a kid. Wrestling was low-budget working class entertainment back then, strictly UHF material. It was cheap theater. You had to bring your imagination to the proceedings and you got paid back double. I wrote these songs to re-immerse myself in the blood and fire of the visions that spoke to me as a child, and to see what more there might be in them now that I’m grown.” — John. 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 gradually worked with a variety of collaborators.
TRACKLIST
- Disc 1 -
1 Southwestern Territory 04:14
2 he Legend of Chavo Guerrero 03:00
3 Foreign Object 02:52
4 Animal Mask 02:55
5 Choked Out 01:43
6 Heel Turn 2 05:58
- Disc 2 -
1 Fire Editorial 03:23
2 Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan 03:49
3 Werewolf Gimmick 02:35
4 Luna 03:28
5 Unmasked! 03:29
6 The Ballad of Bull Ramos 02:53
7 Hair Match 05:41
LABEL: Merge Records
UPC: 673855051611
