Description
- Jenny From Thebes
- (Black, Yellow, Colored Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card)
- Artist: The Mountain Goats
- Format: LP
- Release Date: 10/27/2023
- LABEL: Merge Records
- VENDOR: Merge Media Ltd
- DISTRIBUTOR: AMPED
- UPC: 673855084107
- GENRE: Rock
DESCRIPTION
Jenny from Thebes began it's life as many albums by The Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric, "Jenny was a warrior / Jenny was a thief / Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief," became "Jenny III," a song which laid down a challenge he'd never taken up before: writing a sequel to one of his most beloved albums: All Hail West Texas. Recorded at Tulsa, Oklahoma's legendary The Church Studio with Grammy-winning producer/engineer Trina Shoemaker, Jenny from Thebes is a lush collection of showtunes, pushing Darnielle as a vocalist and The Mountain Goats as a band, broadening their sonic palette once again by leaning into influences like Godspell, Jim Steinman, and The Cars.
Tracklist:
- 1
- Clean Slate
- 2
- Ground Level
- 3
- Only One Way
- 4
- Fresh Tattoo
- 5
- Cleaning Crew
- 6
- Murder at the 18th St. Garage
- 7
- From the Nebraska Plant
- 8
- Same As Cash
- 9
- Water Tower
- 10
- Jenny III
- 11
- Going to Dallas
- 12
- Great Pirates
