The Mountain Goats- Dark In Here (Vinyl) Drinking Flowers Opening track "Stop Trying" was

Opening track "Stop Trying" was commissioned by NYC-based artist/designer Stefan Sagmeister (of Sagmeister & Walsh) as the theme song for the film and installation project "The Happy Show" and "The Happy Film"

the album that preceded it

with mixing and mastering by Kalle Lilja at Welfare Sounds

Heavily influencing the likes of The Lemonheads

this track is a mini-epic that clocks in at just over 7 minutes

The Mountain Goats- Dark In Here (Vinyl) Drinking Flowers Opening track "Stop Trying" wasAt last it can be told: the story of how, when The Mountain Goats got together in early March, 2020, it was to make not one album, but two. The idea this time around was to work with Matt Ross Spang, the dashing Memphis wunderkind who'd engineered that album and charmed us all with his gentle wit and old school savoir faire. The Memphis album Getting Into Knives, which came out last October would be brighter, bolder, marked by rich and vibrant hues;