The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats is the project led by songwriter and novelist John Darnielle, who works with different collaborators from one project to the next. This London concert is a live date with support from Craig Finn and the Band of Forgiveness.

The Mountain Goats is led by John Darnielle, who works with whichever collaborators suit each project, so the sound shifts from one release to the next while the tone of the work stays consistent. The songs are finely observed vignettes that combine realistic detail with mildly surreal imagery, giving them a literary quality that reflects Darnielle's career as a novelist as well as a songwriter.

Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan began as a dream, which Darnielle recorded on a phone in the middle of the night. It was developed into a full musical work, described as one of the most conceptually detailed and musically elaborate projects in the group's catalogue. Craig Finn and the Band of Forgiveness provide the support act at Hackney Church, a religious building on Lower Clapton Road in east London.