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| ShakingThrough |
 On Get Lonely, John Darnielle is confident enough in his songwriting abilities that he doesn’t have to trot out literary or cultural references to add additional heft to his intimately couched insights into the human condition. Unlike last year’s The Sunset Tree, which dealt with Darnielle’s conflicted feelings regarding his recently deceased stepfather, Get Lonely doesn’t need forced references to Raskolnikov or Kurt Cobain to be effective....full text |
| PunkNews |
| Looking back on it, I should have given last year’s The Sunset Tree at least another half-star. When it came out I was thrown a bit by its overall quiet nature, for with the exception of a few numbers it seemed to lack the more raucous and humorous side Darnielle has shown in the past....full text |
| Harmonium |
| When it comes to songwriting, John Darnielle is no stranger to the shattered relationship, be it romantic, familial, or otherwise. Tracing the demise of intimacy is common territory for The Mountain Goats, usually depicted in the struggling midst of the famed downward spiral. Where Get Lonely breaks that tradition is in the chronology; instead of detailing the present destruction, it explores the aftermath and the reeling revelations that come from those moments after the fallout....full text |
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