Album
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
2025 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan is an Alt/Indie album by The Mountain Goats, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.
About
In form alone, <i>Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan</i> feels like a summation of John Darnielle’s ambitions across his 30-year-plus career. His work as The Mountain Goat, rich with storytelling and character study, has often approximated the trappings of musical theater, from the detailed scene-setting of his 2002 classic <i>Tallahassee</i> to the loosely structured rock opera of 2023’s <i>Jenny from Thebes</i>. But the project’s 23rd album feels practically made for the Broadway stage, right down to the sweeping orchestration of the album’s opening “Overture” (the first time an instrumental has been featured on a Mountain Goats album). .
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Overture4:25
- 2Fishing Boat5:05
- 3Cold at Night3:30
- 4Dawn of Revelation3:31
- 5Your Bandage4:36
- 6Peru3:54
- 7Through This Fire3:18
- 8Rocks in My Pockets4:04
- 9Armies of the Lord5:09
- 10Your Glow4:28
- 11The Lady from Shanghai 25:21
- 12Broken To Begin With3:02
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- lo-fi
- intense
- bohemian
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben LoughranSYNTH
- Cameron RalstonBASS
- Gabriel MairsonFRENCH HORN
- John DarnielleLEAD VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR, CHORUS
- Jon WursterDRUMS, PERCUSSION, ACOUSTIC GUITAR DRUMS, PERCUSSION, GUITAR, CHORUS
- Josh KaufmanLEAD GUITAR
- Karen GalvinSTRINGS
- Matt DouglasPIANO, KEYBOARDS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Mikaela DavisHARP
- Nicole LawrencePEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Lin-Manuel MirandaBACKING VOCALS
- Tommy StinsonBASS, CHORUS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 5 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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