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Terry Barr's avatar

The Mountain Goats deserve more road trips!

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Scott-Ryan Abt's avatar

Think about the change in sound in the 10 years between Tres Hombres and Eliminator. And yet it still feels the same....

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Michael K. Fell's avatar

My wife and I are currently on a road trip from Portland, OR to Upper Peninsula, Michigan. In fact, I am writing this comment from Grand Marais, MI.

Three weeks total in a rented 25-ft RV.

Music-wise… We made two collab playlists that are both 10 hours long, and we hit shuffle. Why so long? We drive no more than 8 hours at a time, and so far we have yet to hear either playlist in its entirety.

I have also downloaded several albums; amongst them is Rose City Band’s newest. Interestingly, at home it did nothing for me, but driving through the endless fields of central and eastern South Dakota, it made perfect sense.

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Jen Zug's avatar

Your comment about John Darnielle creating “a whole ass album” around a mood made me laugh out loud. 😂

One underrated road trip album I love is Phil Keaggy’s instrumental “Beyond Nature.” Over the years it’s what we’ve put on as we drive through someplace beautiful, like Avenue of the Giants in the Redwoods, or the switchback on Highway 1 from Legget, CA to the coast, or the scene Hwy 9 from 89 into Zion National park.

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Justin Steiner's avatar

The only album I've spent much time with is the Hiatt, but I don't recall listening to it on a road trip.

I brought this up on the Rockin the Suburbs podcast a few years back. My go-to road trip albums are Material Issue's Freak City Soundtrack, Tom Petty's Wildflowers, Wilco's Sky Blue Sly, and Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs' Under the Covers Vol. 1.

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