Songwriter, guitarist, bestselling novelist, former nurse, and the mastermind behind The Mountain Goats, John Darnielle delivered an April surprise: a boombox album of songs. As he writes on The Mountain Goats Bandcamp page, "pandemics call for wild measures" - and this was one thing he could do to offset the cost of a cancelled spring tour. The album was inspired by the Pierre Chuvin book A Chronicle of the Last Pagans, and recorded with his trusty boombox to cassette, with stories - "told in beautiful, unnerving, specific detail because he is a very good writer" (John Hodgman, 2012.) John Darnielle shares the story of making said boombox record while in quarantine, and a brand new song from his porch in North Carolina. 

Watch: "Last Gasp at Calama"

Watch: "The Great Gold Sheep" 

Songs for Pierre Chuvin by The Mountain Goats