The Mountain Goats HERETIC PRIDE frasier stitching together the record’s thematic

stitching together the record’s thematic tapestry

That freshness sometimes takes a more conservative turn

bringing to mind '70s-era Isley Brothers

colorful party is now a soundtrack for bittersweet solitude

Even the heavier blues -- the 11-minute "In My Time of Dying

The Mountain Goats HERETIC PRIDE frasier stitching together the record’s thematicTHE SUNSET TREE and GET LONELY the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle completely upended the aesthetic of his first decade as a songwriter, penning nakedly autobiographical songs given ornate, cleanly recorded arrangements. With HERETIC PRIDE, Darnielle seems to be saying that that chapter of his career has concluded: although the sound of the album does not return to the deliberately noisy lo fi sound of early albums (see SWEDEN), Darnielle has reverted