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New Asian Cinema
Folk · 1998 · 5 tracks

New Asian Cinema

The Mountain Goats

Five tracks of tape-hiss folk and travelogue storytelling. A dusty, intimate snapshot of John Darnielle's boombox era at its most evocative.

1998 · Yoyo Recordings

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A dusty, intimate collection of travelogues that feels like finding a lost diary in a foreign city.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
Cao Dai Blowout
2:04
02
Korean Bird Paintings
2:24
03
Narakaloka
2:18
04
Golden Jackal Song
2:54
05
Treetop Song
1:56
Moments Worth Listening For
The rhythmic, percussive thumping against the guitar body that drives the momentum of Cao Dai Blowout.
The sudden, sharp intake of breath before the final verse of Treetop Song.
The way the tape hiss becomes a rhythmic instrument of its own during the quietest parts of Korean Bird Paintings.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does New Asian Cinema sound next to the rest of The Mountain Goats's catalogue?

Mysterious+1.8σ

Mysterious saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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