Getting Into Knives is the nineteenth studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released on October 23, 2020, through Merge Records. The album was recorded in March 2020 over six days at Sam Philips Recording in Memphis, in the same room where psychobilly band the Cramps tracked their 1980 debut album Songs the Lord Taught Us. Getting Into Knives was produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt Ross-Spang, who previously engineered In League with Dragons (2019). In addition to being available on streaming and download services, the album also saw physical release on CD, vinyl, and cassette.
The lead single, "As Many Candles as Possible", was released on August 11, 2020, along with a lyric video directed by Lalitree Darnielle. The song features organist Charles Hodges. "Get Famous" was released on September 14, 2020 and the music video, featuring the band as bobbleheads, was released on October 1, 2020. The final single "Picture of My Dress" was released on October 12, 2020.
Track listing Album and track metadata and details adapted from Bandcamp.
Personnel The Mountain Goats John Darnielle – vocals, guitars, piano Peter Hughes – electric bass, upright bass Matt Douglas – keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, accordion, backing vocals Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
Additional personnel Bram Gielen – piano, guitars, keyboards Chris Boerner – guitars Charles Hodges – Hammond B-3 Sam Shoup – Mellotron Tom Clary – horns Reba Russell – backing vocals Susan Marshall – backing vocals
Production Matt Ross-Spang – production, engineering, mixing Brent Lambert – mastering (The Kitchen Mastering, Carrboro, North Carolina) Daniel Murphy – design Wesley Graham – assistant Matt Denham – studio attaché Ryan Matteson – assistant
Charts +Chart performance for Getting Into Knives Chart (2020) Peakposition US Billboard 200 162 US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard) 4 US Independent Albums (Billboard) 34 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 27
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