| Songs for Pierre Chuvin | ||||
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| Released | April 10, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | March 2020 | |||
| Genre | Lo-fi | |||
| Length | 27:17 | |||
| Label | Merge Records | |||
| Producer | John Darnielle | |||
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Songs for Pierre Chuvin is the eighteenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on April 10, 2020.[1] It is the first album since 2002's All Hail West Texas to feature only the band's frontman, John Darnielle, as well as the first since then to be recorded entirely on a boombox.[2][3][4][5] The album was first released on cassette and digital, with CD and vinyl releases following in 2021.[6]
Songs for Pierre Chuvin was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to help the band and some of their crew make ends meet in lieu of a postponed tour in the United States.[2] Inspiration for the songs, as well as the album's title, largely came from French historian Pierre Chuvin's book A Chronicle of the Last Pagans.[1][3][4][5] Darnielle recorded the tracks over a 10-day period in March 2020, releasing the songs "Exegetic Chains", "Until Olympius Returns", and "For the Snakes" on the band's YouTube channel prior to the full release.
- ^ a b "Songs for Pierre Chuvin - Bandcamp". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b Currin, Grayson (10 April 2020). "John Darnielle Goes Back To The Boombox". NPR. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b Graves, Wren (10 April 2020). "The Mountain Goats Reveal New Album Songs for Pierre Chuvin: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b Strauss, Matthew (10 April 2020). "The Mountain Goats Release New Album Songs for Pierre Chuvin: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "The Mountain Goats Release New Album Songs for Pierre Chuvin". Spin. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Gallagher, Alex (12 April 2020). "The Mountain Goats release surprise lo-fi album 'Songs For Pierre Chuvin'". NME. Retrieved 6 October 2023.