All Devils Here Now is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats. A version of it was posted on Twitter by John Darnielle on July 5, 2012 as a reward for reaching 40,000 followers. It can be downloaded for free at the official Mountain Goats website.
Lyrics[]
On humid evenings you have heard Your neighbors making noises That you wonder for awhile about And then put off investigating Shrieks and squeals and high-pitched whines and we We are your neighbors In hazy afternoons you've watched Your neighbors come and go And maybe stay away a day or two And then return appearing worse for wear Scratched up and hollow-eyed, you tried Your best to ignore us You see us at the grocery store You wonder what we're shopping for We lean against the Thermador Eyes fixed firmly on the floor Pomona's big as all outdoors and we We are your neighbors
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "OK well I hit 40 thousand followers a few weeks back but I was on tour & busy with stuff so this had to wait. This is from a while back: it shares psychic & geographic space with all the other stuff I was writing about in 2002 & 2003 so yeah, here's an old demo. the bugs you hear are actual Iowa bugs outside the window where I was recording.Enjoy! -- Twitter ([1], [2], [3])
- "This song actually takes place in a...place rather closer to my heart than Georgia, it's in Pomona, California, just south of where I grew up. [...] It's called "All Devils Here Now", which is not an order, because I guess you could be saying "all devils, come here now", but it's just describing the situation in the neighbourhood." - 2003-02-20 - Herrgårn - Linköping, Sweden
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- "Hell is empty, / And all the devils are here" is from Shakespeare's The Tempest, a play also quoted in Creature Song.
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2003-02-01 - Briton's Protection - Manchester, England
- 2003-02-14 - Substanz - Munich, Germany
- 2003-02-20 - Herrgårn - Linköping, Sweden
- 2023-09-19 - Brooklyn Made - New York, NY