#the sunset tree

[doctorskelegoats]

They're gonna bribe the officials, they're gonna kill all the lyctors. It's going to take all of us years to recover from all of the damage. Sunset Tree week continues. Artist credit: Twitter user Sesamedi

[fruitpunchnoice]

I think every mental health professional should be fluent in the Mountain Goats so I can walk in and say "yeah my family's driving me crazy and I've been feeling very The Mess Inside and Riches and Wonders lately with the Occasional Werewolf Gimmick and Foreign Object" and they'd be like "when you feel that way do you stop to consider the tetrapod?" And I'd be like "damn I really need to consider the tetrapod"

[stargayart]

"When the police come to get me, I'm listening to dance music."

you can find this as a sticker on my etsy if you're interested! 👀

[themountaingoatstruisms]

I AM GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR IF IT KILLS ME

[juliajacklinofficial]

the sunset tree (2005) you have to stop. your lyricism too tough. your entrancing melodies too different. Your complex themes too bad. they’ll kill you

[solomon-revisited]

up the wolves, the mountain goats x bristlecone photographs, earl cecil payne

[ID: two photographs of the sun setting over a silhouetted forest. the lyrics "there's gonna come a day when you'll feel better / you'll rise up free and easy on that day / and float from branch to branch, lighter than the air" are overlayed on the first image. the lyrics "just when that day is coming, who can say? who can say?" are overlayed on the second image.]

[jennying-my-thebes]

i may have said something about this before but like. it sometimes irks me when people only know the 3 songs popularized by moral orel. this is coming from someone who was literally introduced to what is now my favorite band ever through moral orel. i think those 3 songs are spectacular and beautiful and such perfect choices for the show and it makes me happy that people have been introduced to such an incredible band through such an incredible show.

but when i say it irks me that people only know these 3 songs, this isn't because i think they are "fake fans" or because i am trying to gatekeep the mountain goats.

i say it irks me because there are 33 years worth of beautiful songs and incredibly profound pieces of poetry that i wish more people knew!!! i WANT people to listen to more of the mountain goats!! if you found out about tmg through moral orel and really liked the songs used in the show, i implore you to use that as a stepping stone towards the rest of their discography because it is truly so life-changing. also, there are so many songs that weren't used in the show that i almost forget weren't included because of how perfectly they match up with the themes in moral orel and i have a whole playlist of songs that remind me of the show other than no children, love love love, and old college try.

anyways. tldr. if you discovered the mountain goats through moral orel, i think you should try getting into more of their music!!! this beauty deserves to be spread to other people, especially those who enjoyed the amazing work of art that is moral orel.

[yourbelgianthings]

twin high maintenance machines (this year)

let me die, let me die, surrounded by machines (surrounded)

and i dreamt of a factory, where they manufactured what i needed, with shiny new machines (palmcorder yajna)

let me hear the machine’s great gears squeal and grind (the last limit of bhakti)

long live the machines who never learned to work quite right (from the lake trials)

i am just a broken machine, and i do things that i don’t really mean (cry for judas)

the mountain goats and machines

[the-apparatus]

I'm actually kind of heartbroken over Peter Hughes leaving the mountain goats. Obviously I support his decision and want him to do whatever is best for him, but still.

He was such a major part of me getting into playing bass and writing music and I love his energy so much. I feel so grateful to have gotten to see him perform multiple times. I remember the first time I saw them perform, in 2021 at The Gothic in Englewood Colorado and I distinctly remember when the bass for Tallahassee hit and it was genuinely a life changing moment for me.

I have so much love for this man and I hope the world has good things in store for him.

Peter, I hope you love your life and I hope life loves you back.

<3

[another-userbox-blog]

ID: A warm yellow-orange userbox. On the left is the cover for The Mountain Goats' album The Sunset Tree. The text on the right reads "This user is gonna make it through this year if it kills them." End ID

[doctorskelegoats]

Narrator: She did, and it did. Artist credit: kowachi

Bouncing back from the deep cut era, this is possibly the most obvious song to character connection. Her broken house behind her and good things ahead, a girl named Harrow wants a little of her time.

[fruitpunchnoice]

One thing about me is that I broke free on a Saturday morning and put the pedal to the floor

[nakachokos]

hey everyone. i wrote some stuff and drew some things about my favorite mountain goats songs and it’s free to download. your mountain goats source of the future… now!

[arctiidaes]

i want to study at a mountain goats university

i will spell marriage as divorce and use a 1967 colt .45. i would watch a black and white TV, in the middle of the night while drinking bartles and jaymes with my ex-wife. i'll have golden boy peanuts every day that's worth $6.95. i would dash up stairs to take cover every night. i am also more likely to meet Jenny, Cyrus and Jeff, and the Alpha Couple.

i wish i was mountain goats :(

[prophetofzillyhoo]

"Yeah, it's a concept album about the author's traumatic childhood in SoCal framed by experiences with violence and substance abuse, and how music and their Christian faith helped them survive and cope with the ghosts of their past."

[emohorseboy]

So my The Sunset Tree vinyl arrived, and now I’m crying.

‘Dedicated to any young men and women anywhere who live with people who abuse them, with the following good news:

you are going to make it out of there alive

you will live to tell your story

never lose hope’