Getting Into Knives
Getting Into Knives is the nineteenth studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released on October 23, 2020, through Merge Records. The album was recorded in March 2020 over six days at Sam Philips Recording in Memphis, in the same room where psychobilly band the Cramps tracked their 1980 debut album Songs the Lord Taught Us. Getting Into Knives was produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang, who previously engineered In League with Dragons (2019). In addition to being available on streaming and download services, the album also saw physical release on CD, vinyl, and cassette.
| Getting Into Knives | ||||
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| Studio album by the Mountain Goats | ||||
| Released | October 23, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | March 1–6, 2020 | |||
| Studio | Sam Phillips Recording (Memphis, Tennessee, US) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 56:36 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Matt Ross-Spang | |||
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| Singles from Getting Into Knives | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| American Songwriter | |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10 |
The lead single, "As Many Candles as Possible", was released on August 11, 2020, along with a lyric video directed by Lalitree Darnielle. The song features organist Charles Hodges. "Get Famous" was released on September 14, 2020 and the music video, featuring the band as bobbleheads, was released on October 1, 2020. The final single "Picture of My Dress" was released on October 12, 2020.