Mountain Goats, The - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan

Produced by the Mountain Goats’ multi-instrumentalist, Matt Douglas, who also co-wrote several songs, the record is embracing, inviting, and overflowing with melody and orchestration that extends far beyond the boundaries of their past work.

Darnielle awoke from a dream where he titled an album Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, with no sense of sonic direction in the dream, then proceeded to write the entire album based off of this arbitrary title.

For Fans Of: The Decemberists / Neutral Milk Hotel / Modest Mouse