Description

Collected and annotated lyrics from one of musics most visionary bards, John Darnielle.

A work of rapturous beauty, This Year: 365 Songs Annotated celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of John Darnielle through his most meaningful songs.

From his early days recording on a boom box, through the evolution of the Mountain Goats from a solo project to a full band, to his continued influence on indie music, This Year pairs the definitive texts of 365 John Darnielle songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. These commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his family and friends; his wife, Lalitree Darnielle; his longtime collaborator, Peter Hughes; and even his literary heroes, among many others. Here are the origins of This Year, No Children, The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton, and Up the Wolves, as well as Darnielles literary influences, including Flannery OConnor, Jorge Luis Borges, and Stephen King.

This Year, spanning decades, becomes the definitive literary record of one of the greatest songwriters and musical creative forces of all time.

Author: John Darnielle
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: MCD
Published: 12/02/2025
Pages: 560
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780374606497
Language: English