![]() The singer-songwriter is impressively adept at keeping things fresh, whether it’s plucking out songs from the back catalog for the band’s live shows or writing a concept album about Dungeons and Dragons. Yet Darnielle has never run out of steam. His unique talent for writing songs that conjure visceral imagery and spin intimate yarns has earned the band its reputation: highly literate, empathetic, and engrossing. Darnielle has been performing under the moniker for longer than I’ve been alive. That won’t surprise anyone that’s listened to a Mountain Goats album-of which there are literally dozens, including live recordings, EPs, and demos. He’s also someone you can quickly connect with. He’s also deeply thoughtful and thought-provoking. He’s as generous a listener as he is an engaging speaker. John Darnielle is easy to talk to, for one. (He’s got a Baby Bowser tat on his shoulder, FYI.) But my sprawling conversation with the Mountain Goats frontman, which ran the gamut from creative practices and vintage novels to the Adult Swim cartoon Morel Orel, retiring songs from the setlist and Nintendo tattoos, was all the better for it. ![]() One does not simply “chat” with John Darnielle. ![]()
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