⚰john congleton⚰

New record coming out August 7! New single “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds” is streaming now!! featuring: Rob Jost: bass Ben Loughran: organ Jamie Leonhart: vocals Carolyn Leonhart: vocals Catherine Russell: vocals Recorded/produced by John Congleton at Seer Sound in NYC Assistant Engineer: Steven Sacco Mastered by Brent Lambert Artwork: Rob Carmichael

The Mountain Goats have announced their 24th LP. Produced by John Congleton, ‘Days’ is out August 7 via the indie band’s Cadmean Dawn Records, and it’s being billed as a quasi-sequel to 2017’s ‘Goths.’ The news comes alongside “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out To The Feds,” one of the album’s many evocatively titled tracks. On ‘Days,’ the trio of John Darnielle, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster are joined by guests including Matt Nathanson, Mikaela Davis, and the Manhattan Transfer’s Janis Siegal. The Mountain Goats will be back on the road starting this Friday in Silver Spring, MD. ‘Days’ Tracklist 1. “Song For Layne Staley” 2. “Charlie Sheen Reaches Out To The Feds” 3. “Shallow Grave”
4. “Candlebox”
5. “Annie Haslam Imperial Phase”
6. “Crying On Eddie Nash's Grave”
7. “Days” 8. “Best Hard Rock Albums 2013”
9. “Going To Fennario”
10. “Woodstock '99”
11. “Hidden Majesty Of Later Venom Albums”
12. “Last Day” [📷: Alan Velasco] #MountainGoats

Deep textures, gargantuan crescendos, and soul-crushing weight - 𝓣𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓵 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓽 by This Will Destroy You is 15 ✳ To honor it, the album is free/pay-what-you-want digitally on Bandcamp for 24 hours only. Link in bio

happy 15th birthday to Tunnel Blanket, the first album written and recorded during my time in This Will Destroy You. it’s my favorite thing we made as a band and it’s creation ultimately defined a lot about the path i’ve gone down since, musically and otherwise. thank you to every single person who helped bring it to life and to the world. to celebrate, the album is free/pay what you want digitally on the @suicidesqueeze bandcamp for the next 24 hours. link in their bio 🪄

CREATURE OF HABIT 6. Mantis Production by Jhon Congleton, Stella Mozgawa, Marta Salogni & Courtney Barnett #vinyl#vinilos #courtneybarnett#musica

If you’d have told this lad pretending to play guitar on his 6th? birthday that he’d be an adult, releasing his band’s FIFTH album with his best friends that he’s known pushing twenty years and that this JOB that he gets to do every day, provides for him and his family and fulfils him in ways he could never imagine… I can’t comprehend it even now. Thank you to those boys and to everyone we hold close and dear. The people behind the scenes are incredible and I am honoured to call them friends. WIRED is out now. Create or die. Thank you 🩷

Wired is officially out. I’ve never been prouder to be associated with a piece of art. I think it truly represents the five of us as individuals and the things that inspire us. We set out with a clear vision and didn’t compromise until we achieved it. I want extend a huge thank you to @congletonjohn . His guidance through this whole process was invaluable and he made this record sound way better than we could have imagined. And of course thank you to @dowwwzy @adam_croft_ @oliviasalsa @goldtheoryartists and everyone @runforcover records. You guys all worked so hard. That’s enough talking from me, please enjoy the record.

"Cause you are the star in my sky". ⭐ Al fin se lanzó el nuevo álbum de Basement después de 8 largos años sin material nuevo, y como fan, debo decir que valió completamente la pena la espera. Me sorprendió la evolución que hubo en su sonido. Me encanta la voz de Andrew Fisher en cada una de estas canciones, como puede lograr transmitir tantas emociones simplemente con el tono de su voz, es increíble como puede cantar la canción más punk (como Pick Up the Pieces) y luego pasar a otra más pacífica (como Head Alight) de un momento a otro. Adoro los coros de Alex Henery, y lo melodiosa que suena su guitarra en comparación con Ronan, que suena muchísimo más experimental y versátil, más visceral. Duncan le añade mucha armonía y melancolía a canciones como Longshot o Broken By Design (que definitivamente son mis favoritas), y James agrega una energía muy cruda y avispada, con su estilo de batería más hardcore. Todo en conjunto me parece una obra increíble, y entiendo porque dicen que era el sonido que querían lograr desde un principio. Este es uno de sus mejores álbumes, me causa mucha felicidad que hayan renovado su música sin perder la esencia de nada, se siente como una gran evolución de un I Wish I Could Stay Here, o un Colourmeinkindness. Los quiero mucho, Basement. 🖤 #basementuk #wired #emo #musicrecommendation #fyp

Friko’s 2nd record is out in the world today. I am so proud of my friends and abundantly grateful to create with people I love so dearly. Thank you Niko, Korgan, David, John, Alex, Jackson, Hannah, Dawn, Leona… and so many more. xoxo

@friko4u ’s beautiful new album, “Something Worth Waiting For,” is out TODAY on @atorecords ! it was a pleasure to work on this with them and i can’t wait for people to hear it. much love to everyone involved 💙 Production, engineering and mixing by @congletonjohn Engineering by me String arrangement by @jherekbischoff Mastering by @puttingitonwax

sometimes you talk to a band about how great their primary songwriter is but he’s also on the call with you, so you have to pretend he’s not there at all because it would be embarrassing if he could hear all the nice things you say, but he can, he hears it all. such is the case with episode 1087 of the Kreative Kontrol Oh, You Were Here the Whole Time? podcast because David Fuller, Niko Kapetan, Bailey Minzenberger, and Korgan Robb from Friko are here to discuss their new album, ‘Something Worth Waiting For,’ the state of Illinois and dystopian literature, bonding in a high school music theory class, loving noise-infused pop bands like Pavement, the Breeders, and, from Liverpool, England, the Beatles, inspiration from local bands like Smut and the Felix Culpa, the story of Friko, articulating Niko’s songwriting talents as though he is not on this call with us, why numbers seem to be invoked so often on this album, why they worked with producer John Congleton and what makes him such a great “coach,” tour dates, other future plans, and much more. it is fun to encounter a great band and the people in it for the first time, and I hope you listen to my Kreative Kontrol podcast conversation with Friko! also, check out ‘Something Worth Waiting For’ when it drops on April 24. thanks! 📸: @a_damp_owl @friko4u @atorecords

Friko’s new album has a train song. It has a bicycle song. It even has a hot air balloon song. When the young Chicago combo said transit was a major theme of new album ‘Something Worth Waiting For,’ they weren’t kidding. The band had movement on the mind for good reason. Though rooted in Chicago’s Hallogallo scene, where they came of age alongside peers like Horsegirl and Lifeguard, these days, Friko are on the go. The newly expanded quartet has been living the life of a buzzy indie rock band in the 2020s, touring their asses off and traveling to record with high-profile producers. Specifically, they holed up in Los Angeles with esteemed veteran John Congleton to make ‘Something Worth Waiting For,’ an album that lives up to its title. It levels up from Friko’s promising debut, ramping up the howl-along catchiness and explosive dynamics as the group’s singer-songwriter Niko Kapetan wails with the fervor of Y2K-era favorites like Conor Oberst or Thom Yorke. After years of indie rock bands pursuing a more reined-in, streaming-friendly sound or burrowing into cerebral, emotionally guarded post-punk, it feels like part of a pendulum swing toward grand gestures and big feelings, calling back to the no-holds-barred emotional bloodletting of 2000s indie rock — or the even more bombastic scale of ‘70s arena rock. In advance of ‘Something Worth Waiting For’ — out April 24 via ATO — Stereogum spoke to Friko about making one of this year’s best albums, letting it all hang out, and the pursuit of a cathartic communal rush. Check out the interview and hear some advance tracks at stereogum.com. [📝: @chrisdevilleofficial , 📷: @a_damp_owl , 🖼️: @mother___night ] #Friko