Getting Into Knives

Getting Into Knives
Released	October 23, 2020
Length	56:36
Label	Merge Records
Producer	Matt Ross-Spang

Getting Into Knives is the 18th studio album by the Mountain Goats.

Tracks

1. "Corsican Mastiff Stride" -- 2:20
2. "Get Famous" -- 3:19
3. "Picture of My Dress" -- 4:20
4. "As Many Candles As Possible" -- 3:24
5. "Tidal Wave" -- 5:25
6. "Pez Dorado" -- 4:56
7. "The Last Place I Saw You Alive" -- 4:40
8. "Bell Swamp Connection" -- 5:50
9. "The Great Gold Sheep" -- 5:03
10. "Rat Queen" -- 4:09
11. "Wolf Count" -- 3:49
12. "Harbor Me" -- 4:07
13. "Getting Into Knives" -- 5:14

Personnel

• John Darnielle -- vocals, guitars, piano
• Peter Hughes -- electric and upright bass
• Matt Douglas -- keyboards, woodwinds, guitars, accordion, backing vocals
• Jon Wurster -- drums and percussion
• Bram Gielen -- piano, guitars, keyboards
• Chris Boerner -- guitars
• Charles Hodges -- Hammond B-3
• Sam Shoup -- Mellotron
• Tom Clary -- horns
• Reba Russell -- backing vocals
• Susan Marshall -- backing vocals
• Matt Ross-Spang -- production, engineering, mixing
• Wesley Graham, Matt Denham -- assistance
• Ryan Matteson -- management
• Brent Lambert -- mastering
• Daniel Murphy -- design
• KNIVES PROVIDED BY Knives International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Knives Worldwide

Comments by John Darnielle About this Album

• "The one that we were recording before we came home was called Getting Into Knives, although at the time it was called As Many Candles As Possible and then it turned out that Jane Siberry had an album called All the Candles in the World. And I was like, okay, well I can’t call it that, then. I kept the song title, but. Then I named it after "Getting Into Knives", which to me is a much better album title anyway, so it was a fortuitous accident there." -- 2021-03-31 - Get Lit with All of It - Virtual