As the first of three North Carolina bands that made this year's best of, John Darnielle's The Mountain Goats have called Durham, NC home since 2006, after close to 15 years of working out of California.
As a self proclaimed agnostic, Darnielle has experienced his share of both physical and emotional challenges in the past few years. He has alluded to the fact that as a result of these experiences he has taken a harder look at God and spirituality than he ever has. While his songs on this album are each named for a verse in the Bible, there is no preaching going on. The result is an album of inspiration for humanity - that this life is full of pain and confusion, but in the end, maybe there is something to all of this God stuff.
Darnielle does not profess to be a Christian after this album, but it is an incredible look at the journey one man is taking towards a relationship with God.
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