Pitchfork

New Mountain Goats album! Get excited! Or rather, Get Lonely, as that's the title of John Darnielle's forthcoming full-length, due August 22 on 4AD.

A 4AD press release sez: "If [the last Mountain Goats album, 2005's] The Sunset Tree derived its power and energy from an unblinking exorcism of personal demons, Get Lonely is perhaps the quiet, haunted aftermath. It's a reflective, intimate record; the mood is one of bittersweet resignation rather than cathartic release."

Darnielle is joined on the album by bosom buddies Peter Hughes and Franklin Bruno, as well as cellist Erik Freidlander and drummer Corey Fogel. Get Lonely was produced by Scott Solter.

Let the ILM thread begin now:

01 Wild Sage
02 New Monster Avenue
03 Half Dead
04 Get Lonely
05 Maybe Sprout Wings
06 Moon Over Goldsboro
07 In the Hidden Places
08 Song for Lonely Giants
09 Woke up New
10 If You See Light
11 Cobra Tattoo
12 In Corolla

Mountain Goats fans can get a little less lonely this summer, when Darnielle hits the road for a fistful of shows, including a benefit show tonight in North Carolina, a West Coast stint with Barbara Morgenstern, and appearances at the Athens Popfest in Athens, Georgia, and, of course, the mighty Pitchfork Music Festival.

See America Right:

05-26 Durham, North Carolina - 305 South (Durham Music Benefit) $
06-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
06-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
06-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
06-12 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
06-13 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
06-14 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
06-15 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
07-29 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #
08-10 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club (Athens Popfest)

$ with Language Arts, AOK
* with Barbara Morgenstern
# with Silver Jews, the Futureheads, Ted Leo / Pharmacists, Art Brut, Destroyer, Band of Horses, Man Man, Hot Machines, Chin Up Chin Up, A-Trak, Matthew Dear, Matmos, Spank Rock, Tyondai Braxton, Chicago Underground Duo, Ghislain Poirier, 8 Bold Souls, Flosstradamus, more