{"id":12537,"date":"2012-09-26T08:04:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=12537"},"modified":"2012-09-26T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T18:01:17","slug":"stream-the-mountain-goats-fantastic-new-album-transcendental-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-09\/stream-the-mountain-goats-fantastic-new-album-transcendental-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream The Mountain Goats&#8217; Fantastic New Album &#8220;Transcendental Youth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transcendental_Youth2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12548\" title=\"Transcendental_Youth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transcendental_Youth2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transcendental_Youth2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transcendental_Youth2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Transcendental_Youth2-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mountain Goats<\/strong> have climbed to even higher heights on their new album, <strong>Transcendental Youth<\/strong>.\u00a0 While <strong>John Darnielle&#8217;s<\/strong> songs on the album brim with his usual brilliance, new ranges are explored and new sounds added to elevate and illumine the songs.\u00a0 With its superb songwriting and embellished sounds\/instrumentation, last year&#8217;s <strong>All Eternals Deck<\/strong> was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-01\/the-year-in-music-the-best-albums-of-2011\/\"><strong>Best Albums of 2011<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 But <strong>Transcendental Youth<\/strong> adds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewewhite.com\/\"><strong>Matthew White&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> transcendent horns to the mix for even more emotional hue and heft (just listen to tracks <em><strong>White Cedar, In Memory of Satan<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>Transcendental Youth<\/strong><\/em> for a feel). (White has ventured out solo after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-08\/watch-fight-the-big-bull-cover-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down\/\">Fight the Big Bull<\/a><\/strong>, and will be the opener on\u00a0<strong>The Mountain<\/strong> <strong>Goats<\/strong>&#8216;<strong> <\/strong>tour this fall.)\u00a0 <strong>Transcendental Youth<\/strong> will be released <strong>next Tuesday (10\/2)<\/strong> on <strong>Merge Records<\/strong>.\u00a0 Until then, you can stream it at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/album-premiere-the-mountain-goats-transcendental-youth-20120924\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/strong>. The band&#8217;s tour dates are below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mountain Goats Tour<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>10-06 Durham, NC &#8211; Reynolds Industries Theatre<br \/>\n10-09 Richmond, VA &#8211; The National *<br \/>\n10-10 Baltimore, MD &#8211; The Ottobar *<br \/>\n10-11 Philadelphia, PA &#8211; Theatre of Living Arts *<br \/>\n10-13 Brooklyn, NY &#8211; Music Hall of Williamsburg *<br \/>\n10-14 Brooklyn, NY &#8211; Music Hall of Williamsburg *<br \/>\n10-15 New York, NY &#8211; Bowery Ballroom *<br \/>\n10-16 New York, NY &#8211; Bowery Ballroom *<br \/>\n10-18 Boston &#8211; House of Blues *<br \/>\n10-19 Ithaca, NY &#8211; The Haunt *<br \/>\n10-20 Toronto, Ontario &#8211; Phoenix Concert Theatre *<br \/>\n10-22 Grand Rapids, MI &#8211; The Ladies Literary Club *<br \/>\n10-23 Milwaukee, WI &#8211; Pabst Theatre *<br \/>\n10-24 Minneapolis, MN &#8211; Varsity Theatre *<br \/>\n10-26 Iowa City, IA &#8211; The Blue Moose TapHouse *<br \/>\n10-27 Chicago, IL &#8211; Vic Theatre *<br \/>\n11-04 Huntington, WV &#8211; Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center (Mountain Stage)<br \/>\n11-29 Atlanta, GA &#8211; Terminal West *<br \/>\n12-01 Nashville, TN &#8211; Mercy Lounge *<br \/>\n12-03 Tulsa, OK &#8211; Cain\u2019s Ballroom *<br \/>\n12-04 Dallas, TX &#8211; Granada Theatre *<br \/>\n12-05 Austin, TX &#8211; Emo\u2019s East *<br \/>\n12-07 Sante Fe, NM &#8211; Santa Fe Brewing Co. *<br \/>\n12-08 Phoenix, AZ &#8211; The Crescent Ballroom *<br \/>\n12-09 Tucson, AZ &#8211; Club Congress *<br \/>\n12-10 San Diego, CA &#8211; Irenic *<br \/>\n12-13 Los Angeles, CA &#8211; Troubadour *<br \/>\n12-14 San Francisco, CA &#8211; The Fillmore *<br \/>\n12-16 Portland, OR &#8211; Aladdin Theatre *<br \/>\n12-17 Seattle, WA &#8211; The Showbox *<\/p>\n<p>* with Matthew E. 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