Desert Island Discourse

At this Desert Island Discourse, we always strive to make our episodes as thorough and complete an examination of an artist's discography as possible (broader surveys notwithstanding). However, so many of our favorite artists are rebellious sorts who care not for our mission, and continue to release excellent albums after we've recorded. So in an effort to keep up with their output, every so often we'll be releasing B-Sides to talk new albums released by artists we've already covered. We're calling it "Catching Up With..." because we are unimaginative hacks. First up: Catching Up With the Mountain Goats This is really all our fault—Goths, the most recent album from John Darnielle and company, came out only a month after we recorded those episodes, and we knew it was coming. But we were younger, more impatient castaways back then, and simply could not wait. And it's a shame, because Goths isn't just a great album, but an album that adds new context to the Mountain Goats discography as a whole, solidifying wha