- rock, indie rock, folk rock, indie folk
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Tomlab
Transcendental Youth is the fourteenth studio album by the Mountain Goats. The album focuses on outcasts, recluses, the mentally ill, and others struggling in ordinary society. The album is loosely unified around a group of people living in Washington state. At least one character is confirmed to be recurring from All Hail West Texas, an earlier album.
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Spare, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 81/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press4/5 ★
- American Songwriter4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- MSN Music (Robert Christgau)A
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Amy AKA Spent Gladiator 12:27
- 2Lakeside View Apartments Suite3:58
- 3Cry For Judas3:13
- 4Harlem Roulette3:23
- 5White Cedar3:05
- 6Until I Am Whole2:49
- 7Night Light3:59
- 8The Diaz Brothers2:46
- 9Counterfeit Florida Plates2:23
- 10In Memory Of Satan4:01
- 11Spent Gladiator 22:52
- 12Transcendental Youth4:10
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mountain Goats
- Label
- Tomlab
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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