Tallahassee Vinyl
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Tallahassee is where The Mountain Goats stepped out of the boombox era and into the studio, and John Darnielle made one of his most devastating records in the process.
Released in 2002 as the band's first album for 4AD, it tells the story of the Alpha Couple, a married pair who move into a house in Florida and slowly drink, fight and love each other into ruin. Darnielle had sketched these two characters across years of earlier songs, and here he finally gives them a full album to fall apart in.
"No Children" is the famous one, a gleefully bitter singalong of mutual destruction that has become a cathartic anthem for fans. The title track opens with quiet, almost tender resignation, while "See America Right" bursts out with ragged electric energy, and "Game Shows Touch Our Lives" finds a strange, aching beauty in the mundane. Peter Hughes's bass gives the songs a fuller, warmer frame than the earlier home recordings.
Darnielle's lyrics are sharp, funny and deeply sad all at once, full of small domestic details that cut surprisingly deep.
It is a cornerstone of indie songwriting from the early 2000s, and one of the most beloved records in a remarkable catalogue.
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