30 years ago today (7/11/94), The Mountain Goats released their debut album Zopilote Machine. Highlighting the early sound and vision of John Darnielle’s prolific career, this debut was as lo-fi as lo-fi can get. Darnielle recorded this in a room with nothing but his acoustic guitar and a boombox. Of note, this album is the only Mountain Goats album to feature the entire Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, and Roseanne Lindley). Check out the raw but secretly loved debut in full…..
