The Mountain Goats, Kaki King, and Mario (w/ MP3)

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle has announced some news that will be exciting for any Goats fan. The new “pay-watcha-want” EP will be titled Satanic Messiah and will feature half piano and vocal tracks, with the other half being acoustic and vocal. Promising more details on the EP as it arises Darnielle continues (from his blog):

The other news– at which I hinted on my Flickr, here — is that Kaki King and I, under a cloak of great secrecy, snuck into Baucom Road studios in western North Carolina last month and recorded the six-song Black Pear Tree EP together with Scott Solter producing. The record is presently at the pressing plant and the idea is to have copies ready on vinyl for tour, with a sleeve designed by Horse & Buggy press, and the first 200 on colored vinyl. People who know how I feel about Kaki’s music can imagine what an honor it was for me to get to work with her.

From this EP they have released one track titled “Thank You Mario but our Princess Is in Another Castle,” which is sung from the point of view of Toad. Quoth Darnielle, “If you know who Toad is, that’s all I’ll need to tell you. If you don’t who Toad is, you better recognize.”

So, two tour EPs, an album with Kaki King, and their tour is damn near kick-off time.

Track listing for Satanic Messiah:
A1 Satanic Messiah
A2 Wizard Buys a Hat
B1 Sarcofago Live
B2 Gojam Province 1968

Track listing for Black Pear Tree (Darnielle and King):
A1 Black Pear Tree
A2 Mosquito Repellent
A3 Bring our Curses Home
A1 Supergenesis
B2 Roger Patterson Van
B3 Thank You Mario but our Princess Is in Another Castle

Tour Dates:
10.13 Chicago, IL – Park West
10.14 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
10.15 Omaha, NE – The Slowdown
10.17 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
10.18 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
10.20 Seattle, WA – Showbox
10.21 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
10.23 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
10.24 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10.25 Los Angeles CA – Troubadour
10.26 Los Angeles CA – Troubadour
10.28 San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
10-.29 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
10.31 Lubbock, TX – Tequila Jungle
11.01 Austin, TX – Antone’s
11.02 Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
11.03 New Orleans, LA – Republic
11.05 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11.06 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11.07 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
11.08 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.09 New York, NY – Webster Hall