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2019, 2×12″ LP, Merge Records.
Yacht Rock and you don’t stop. The now North Carolina-residing The Mountain Goats return to Merge Records with their seventeenth album – In League With Dragons presents a harmonious collaboration with the Macedonian Radio Symphonic Orchestra in a 12-track collection songs depicting dragons and mysteries, some jesting a new musical genre ‘dragon noir’ has been cooked up. In reality, it’s not such a far fetched idea with frontman John Darnielle once telling: “This album began life as a rock opera about a besieged seaside community called Riversend ruled by a benevolent wizard, for which some five to seven songs were written.” Dungeons, Dragons, Magic. It’s all there. – Juno
