"In 2004 The Mountain Goats released We Shall All Be Healed. The album marked a couple of changes for The Mountain Goats. It was the first time Darnielle worked with producer John Vanderslice and the first album of directly autobiographical material. We Shall All Be Healed chronicles Darnielle's life with a group of friends and acquaintances addicted to Methamphetamine in Portland, Oregon, though the album is set in Pomona, California."
If this song isn't autobiographical, I'd like to know who exactly it's about.
He's said that he wrote that album to show people he wasn't the clean-cut bookworm he comes off as in his songs, and to reveal his history with addiction and all that jazz.
"In 2004 The Mountain Goats released We Shall All Be Healed. The album marked a couple of changes for The Mountain Goats. It was the first time Darnielle worked with producer John Vanderslice and the first album of directly autobiographical material. We Shall All Be Healed chronicles Darnielle's life with a group of friends and acquaintances addicted to Methamphetamine in Portland, Oregon, though the album is set in Pomona, California."
If this song isn't autobiographical, I'd like to know who exactly it's about. He's said that he wrote that album to show people he wasn't the clean-cut bookworm he comes off as in his songs, and to reveal his history with addiction and all that jazz.