The Mountain Goats Announces Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired Album
The album's lead single "Younger" reads like a mini-epic, and ends on an unexpected, but wholly awesome saxophone outro — the sort of instrumental backing you'd want to commence a hero's journey.
Lately, John Darnielle's output — both as the creative leader of and as an individual entity — has read like a laundry list of his interests: full-length concept pieces about and , a about his most beloved songs, and a for good measure. Now, we, a 12-song album due out in April about the beloved tabletop role-playing game/lifestyle .
