The Mountain Goats Release New Single Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Spence Kelly
The Mountain Goats have shared a new song, Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome.
The anthemic track rollicks along over driving guitars and crashing cymbals, marking the latest preview of the North Carolina band's upcoming 20th album, 'Bleed Out', due August 19 via Merge Records. In a press release, frontman John Darnielle said:
"When I write an album that revolves around a theme, it usually takes two or three songs before I notice what’s going on. There’s always one song that becomes the 'might as well dive all the way in' song and on 'Bleed Out' that song was Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome, written while watching a French action movie way past my normal bedtime. Once I had the chorus of this one I started asking myself the kinds of questions that usually end up shaping the album: What if I just wrote all the songs on guitar? What if I leaned into the uptempo ones? In recent years I shy away from the fist-punch no-brakes anthemic style but here I figured, you know, no point just wading around in blood if I’m already in knee-deep."
The previously shared single Training Montage will also feature on the LP, which was produced by Bully's Alicia Bognanno. The group are currently touring North America, and will hit the UK and Ireland in November, as part of a wider European Tour.
'Bleed Out' tracklist:
1. Training Montage
2. Mark on You
3. Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome
4. Extraction Point
5. Bones Don’t Rust
6. First Blood
7. Make You Suffer
8. Guys on Every Corner
9. Hostages
10. Need More Bandages
11. Incandescent Ruins
12. Bleed Out
The Mountain Goats Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed November 16 2022 - LONDON Roundhouse
Thu November 17 2022 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Fri November 18 2022 - DUBLIN Vicar Street
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