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The Mountain Goats is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ewan MacColl, 12 Rods, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Amy Grant and The Cure. Those roots explain a lot about how The Mountain Goats arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Extra Glenns, The Decemberists, Mal Blum, Emperor X and The Weakerthans, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Front Bottoms, Shearwater, Au Revoir Simone, Aesop Rock and Dessa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Mountain Goats, reaching back through Ewan MacColl and forward to The Front Bottoms. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Mountain Goats are an American indie folk band formed in Claremont, California, by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has worked with a variety of collaborators over time, including bassist and vocalist Peter Hughes, drummer Jon Wurster, multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas, singer-songwriter Franklin Bruno, bassist and vocalist Rachel Ware, singer-songwriter/producer John Vanderslice, guitarist Kaki King, and multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark.
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The Mountain Goats connections
The Mountain Goats grew out of Ewan MacColl, 12 Rods, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Amy Grant, shares an orbit with The Extra Glenns, The Decemberists, Mal Blum and Emperor X, went on to shape The Front Bottoms, Shearwater, Au Revoir Simone and Aesop Rock. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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