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8.2
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Still Listening
Another year, another Mountain Goats album. Confronting mortality by lending his pen towards a characteristically broad swathe of subjects – ranging from Guinea Pig 2 to grunge – Days proves John Darnielle is only sharpened by age
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8.0
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Northern Transmissions
The record saves its real argument for last. The title track and “Last Day” aren’t a one-two punch so much as a single thought split in half — one side aching, one side almost at peace — and together they make the case for the whole album: that dwelling on an ending doesn’t have to mean dreading it
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8.0
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Spill Magazine
It’s very much a Mountain Goats album. Is it their best? Probably not, but it has a lot of their best qualities and some really great songs that fans will love
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8.0
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Uncut
Marvellous. Print edition only
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7.5
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Paste Magazine
John Darnielle and co. revisit the 1990s, Layne Staley, and Charlie Sheen on a collection of songs that explore the rigid nature of time and our power to reframe the past
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7.5
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Pitchfork
Exploring a motley array of grunge-era characters, the latest Mountain Goats album is very polished and very funny, as the band’s performances convey the same nuance and range as John Darnielle’s writing
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7.5
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Spectrum Culture
Days isn’t a collection of personal traumas but of memories held at a distance, and such material should be treated with the light touch John Darnielle applies here
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7.0
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PopMatters
The Mountain Goats don’t go all in on a 1990s grunge-inspired record, but instead look back on that period with a fresh perspective
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