Music Record - The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes
Music Record - The Mountain Goats - Jenny From Thebes
Features: (Black, Gatefold LP Jacket, Digital Download Card)
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Label: Merge Records
Format: LP
UPC: 673855084114
Release Date: 10/27/2023
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.
