Okay, so for all of you who do not know the Mountain Goats, they are an indie folk band fronted by Weird Al Yankovic under the alias "John Daniel." I don't know why the fuck he is bothering to use an alias when you can tell from his voice that it's him singing. Why not just release this shit under his real name? I don't know and I don't think he does either.
Anyway, the album is about the bible, which I personally I think is gay because Christians are stupid and Jesus didn't really exist yeah I am an athiest, you have a problem? Because I will defend my beliefs with all my heart you Christian pig.
But that aside, the album is an interesting mixture of folk music and rock music. I could maybe see myself enjoying this if Weird Al would just lay off the funny voices while singing. Total buzzkill.
Something I don't like is that the song "Genesis 3:23" is totally a lyrically ripoff of Barenaked Ladies' "The Old Apartment" which is dumb. Nostalgia songs make me want to punch people in their necks and backs and pussies and cracks all at the same time.
Another thing I do not like is how all the songs sound the same. I dunno, couldn't Al have put one of those polka songs everyone loves on this to switch shit up? I know it's not technically a Weird Al album, but this guy's gotta know what we expect of him by now, and dammit, he was put on this earth to entertain us.
Anyway, overall it is a pretty good album. The instruments are nice and the songs are also nice. Weird Al just needs to learn to write some better lyrics. It sounds like he's reading a book over instruments. Goddamn.
Final score:
7.2/10
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