John Darnielle Keeps His Songwriting Roll Going on the Mountain Goats’ ‘Getting into Knives’
The band’s latest has great songs inspired by unlikely subject matter like tweets and goldfish
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Track on Getting Into Knives was inspired by a tweet from poet Maggie Smith
“The first time I saw the camera resolve on my bobblehead in a way that made it look like it had changed its expression, I almost fell out of my chair,” John Darnielle says
Track will appear on band’s upcoming album, Getting Into Knives
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