#tmg fan art

[john-gosh-darnielle]

it's so hard to get noticed in this town

[john-gosh-darnielle]

you are coming down with me

couldn’t stop thinking about this post

[victusinveritas]

The Mountain Goats art by Jeffrey Lewis

[snakeenthusiast]

Prowl Great Cain - The Mountain Goats

[osugi-illust]

[john-gosh-darnielle]

i have come to where i've come to now

always abiding in you

song for god sunday

[3584-tropical-fish]

I. Magician

[kaboomthepossum]

Incandescent Ruins Drawing

Here is part 2 of me drawing mountain goats songs - for the vibes

I really like this song, and I love drawing animals a lot so I thought this would be a really fun challenge! As you can tell, drawing plants (the seaweed) is not my strong point, but I tried my best lol

[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.

[unloneliest]

i feel like mountain goats tumblr is connected enough and niche enough a community we could make a decision en masse about a back-up place to have community—i'm not jumping ship, i'll be on tumblr until it's fully deleted, but i'd like to have a failsafe for when it does eventually die.

what options are there out there? is anyone else interested? are there older, inactive blogs on here people would want to archive somehow before this website goes under? is there a way of doing so in an organized fashion?

what do you all see as the central pieces of tmg posting? what format of posts or types of sharing and discussion and joking and sillyness and creation of art are priorities when u think about making community with other fans?

please, please treat this post as a discussion even if we don't know each other. tmg tumblr is very dear to my heart. let's stick together.

[john-gosh-darnielle]

it's gets okay

just to praise the day

believe in sheltering skies

and stable earth beneath

(happy pride <3)

[mamaito]

What are your favorite videogames?

Thanks for the great question, I have so much to say! I will avoid mentioning any VN as I don't consider them games really..

I am a fan of surreal and weird games in general, if it's out there then I will be interested and play it; I also constantly search for raising sims where you raise a character (Typically a daughter or son.) till they turn into an adult.

Menagerie Series -> I love this series, I am very thankful that it exists as I love the game's art style and atmosphere it gives:

Presentable Liberty, I consider this game as one of the best, it is a first person story driven game where you play as a prisoner that has no choice but to wait for someone to send you a letter and play through the games given to you just to pass time. It is part of a Menagerie series created by the creator.

Years ago, this game changed my god damn life. I was so invested in it, it is rare to find something that understands what it feels like to actually be helpless and depressed. The need to tell those few people left that you're still alive and can't is a frustrating hurdle.

Exoptable Money, Another part of the Menagerie Series, this time it is a point and click format. You play as a business man trying to find ways in how you earned your fame and piece together what happened to the world in itself. I also recommend recommend as I do like the creator's style.

It is also quite depressing but if you like strange visuals then I'm sure you'd enjoy it.

Menagerie Archive, The last part of the Menagerie Series, another point and click format. You play as an archivist in a dystopian world where you are forced to share your earnings between three citizen from each status. If you don't have enough funds, they will go hungry for a week while at the same time, keeping yourself also fed.

There are multiple endings, and it is also part of the worldbuilding from the two games, Presentable Liberty and Exoptable Money.

Mogeko Castle -> RPG, just pure unfiltered dark humor.

Hylics -> RPG, just straight up surreal and aesthetic fun.

The witch's House -> RPG, a good horror game, I consider it a classic so you should play it, I don't wanna spoil the fun.

Zelle ->  Occult Adventure, 2nd person dungeon crawler/point and click game where you are a young boy trying to escape the grim reaper's castle in order to get back to your mother.

TMGS Series -> Otome, a stat raising dating game where you have 3 years in high school to get close to the guy you like; (I also want to play the original ones where you date the girls eventually.)

LovePLus -> DS, another stat raising dating game where you have a virtual girlfriend. My sister and I used to fight over the DS because we wanted to collect dreams and go on dates with the girl we chose lol.

Princess Maker Series -> Raising sim, stat raising game where you raise a girl till she turns into an independent adult, either from a princess or any job you want her to get.

Teaching Feeling -> Raising sim, you take care of an abused girl and have a relationship with her. (I am still upset to this very day the creator blocked me all because he had a tantrum over his english speaking fans and that I was speaking in english.)

My Child Lebensborn -> Raising sim, story driven where you're raising a child of a german soldier in norway after the war and try your best to give him/her the best childhood as much as you can.

Harvester -> Point and click adventure, classic surreal and just weird game where you play as a man who has amnesia and has to figure out the world he's in.

LION -> Life sim, dosbox game. You just play as a lion lol

WOLF -> Life sim, dosbox game. You play as a wolf, that's it lol.

PETZ -> Life sim, old game where you just take care of pets till old age in your desktop. That's it. I cherish this game to the bottom of my heart.

Creatures Series -> Life sim, my favorite of all time as possibly the best out all life simulations. You take care of these alien creatures, teach them how to talk and watch them interact with their surroundings. The person who made this is an actual roboticist btw, and it has a complex system where the activities in their brain are monitored to even their genetic make up. I remember one of my norns kept calling me mama and then taught it to the others to also refer to me as that.

Yames Games -> Best horror games out there, there's a lot to say but I suggest you check it out yourself if you're into the eldritch variety.

Rimworld -> Colony sim, a sci-fi management game where you try to survive the planet and get out of there with the rest of your colony. It is also a classic, especially with mods.

Crusader Kings Series -> Strategy game where you try to keep your dynasty from dying as much as you can. I play it to see how far I can turn my family into a family circle, basically incest. But the fun is making your own story and messing around. Be warned, to this fucking day the devs cannot be bothered to fix their shitty loading screens. A spreadsheet of a game shouldn't be asking for large fucking specs just to play.

Tale of Immortal -> Open world sandbox game, Wuxia shit and cultivation.

ELONA -> Rougelike game. You can do so many things in this game that I can hardly list it, just go play it.

Amazing Cultivation Simulator -> You know what it's already about based on the title, wuxia and cultivation shit except it is a colony sim this time. Inanimate objects can come to life, your furry will turn into a literal demonic animal and grief you if you take too long to cultivate him/her, your character will turn into a loli/shota when turning near immortal. It is fun but fuck that chat mechanic. You need mods.

I don't think I've listed all of my favorites but these were the ones I thought from the top of my head. If you're ever interested in any of them just try it out.

Virtual Villagers Series -> Real time simulation management game, you take care of a bunch of people in a lone village and do your best to improve their life. You act as a god, at least in some of the other sequels, and try your best to find ways to find better food resource and unlock the mysteries of the island.

Be warned as this isn't the kind where everything you'll be able to unlock everything in one go as it where you'll need to wait real time for it to unlock on it's own.

[deathbringer]

maybe this is too niche an idea, but it seems a shame to me that no ex-Protestant TMG fan here on tumblr (as far as I can tell) has ever used held under these smothering waves / by your strong and thick-veined hand / but one of these days / I am gonna wriggle up on dry land for an art piece about leaving the church. I know I am not the only one whose baptism did not sit right in their soul.

(if anyone suddenly decides the idea is up their alley to use, well, you're welcome.)

[obeetlebeetle]

Ummmm for music rec game:

Dark Arts by Man Man

Training Montage by The Mountain Goats

Fish by Wye Oak

Amputations by Death Cab for Cutie

Man Man - Dark Arts

Sorry, big no | Not my vibe | Wouldn’t skip it | Enjoyed | That song slaps | Playing on repeat

ok always love when a song ends on a scream this is so fun! reminiscent of the swing era of early 2010s tbh

The Mountain Goats - Training Montage

Sorry, big no | Not my vibe | Wouldn’t skip it | Enjoyed | That song slaps | Playing on repeat

i am SUCH a tmg fake fan in that i love what i know and never listen to anything new. i do like a less polished sound from them but i cant deny my love for sweating blood<3

Wye Oak - Fish

Sorry, big no | Not my vibe | Wouldn’t skip it | Enjoyed | That song slaps | Playing on repeat

oh.................hank hogfish................................. GOOD song great for ocean tragedy enjoyers

Death Cab - Amputations

Sorry, big no | Not my vibe | Wouldn’t skip it | Enjoyed | That song slaps | Playing on repeat | DCFC I love you forever&ever amen

it's CRAZY what they did!!!!!!!!

[where-your-eyes-dont-go]

🎶✨ When you get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask/tag 10 of your favorite followers ✨🎶

tagged by @artbyblastweave

1. Cream and Bastards Rise—Only really got into Harvey Danger recently, but this has become a “be compelled to queue up every other hour” song for me very quickly. Playing in the background as Blake and Rose Jr. strangle each other.

2. I Don’t Believe You—The Magnetic Fields. Always loved the opening to this, never heard an example of a song playing with the rhythm and stresses of a common phrase like it does. (Side note: I’m kinda surprised the Magnetic Fields aren’t part of the tumblr canon along with TMG, Lemon Demon, etc. How is 69 Love Songs not an integral part of the fandom animatic complex?)

3. Centipede—Patrica Taxxon. PT can be sort of hit-or-miss for me, but I really fell for this one. Haven’t really considered the potential of violent screamo for sensuality before, feels like an obvious oversight looking back.

4. Steal Smoked Fish—The Mountain Goats. While I tend to be more of a fan of the TMG songs with larger arrangements, this and the whole of Songs for Pierre Chuvin are a major exception to that rule.

5. Chaos Space Marine—Black Country, New Road. I have a bit of a hard time getting into....what would you call this genre? Art Punk? Avant-Prog? The type of stuff Squid and Black Midi are doing that AOTY is obsessed with. BCNR are the one group where I really understand the appeal, because this one one of my favorite songs to come out last year.

tagging @chaoticrushu, @ourladyinshadow, @lollylandgirl, @bulbous-oar, @akpipis, @verminfang, @blogishdaj

[osugi-illust]