Dark in Here
Dark in Here is the 20th studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released June 25, 2021 through Merge Records. The album was recorded in March 2020, just one week after Getting Into Knives (2020), at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Dark in Here was produced by Matt Ross-Spang, who also produced Getting Into Knives and engineered In League with Dragons (2019). In addition to being available on streaming and download services, the album was released physically on CD and vinyl.
| Dark in Here | ||||
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| Studio album by the Mountain Goats | ||||
| Released | June 25, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | March 9–14, 2020 | |||
| Studio | FAME Studios (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) | |||
| Length | 46:45 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Matt Ross-Spang | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| American Songwriter | |
| Paste | 8.3/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
The album's lead single, "Mobile", featuring organists Spooner Oldham and Will McFarlane, was released on April 20, 2021. "The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums" was released on May 11, 2021, and the title track "Dark in Here" was released as the final single on June 3, 2021.
The album's cover art is a portion of the painting Valborgsmässoafton i Bergslagen, Grangärde i Dalarna ("Walpurgis Night in Bergslagen, Grandgärde in Dalarna") by Anshelm Schultzberg (1896).