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Mountain Goats mastermind John Darnielle has the gift of painting complete, if often mysterious pictures with just a few carefully chosen words. With some deceptively simple brushstrokes he can actually make you feel the immense heat of Queens in summer, sweat slowly running down your back: "You were all I´d ever wanted, you were all I´d ever need, in New York City in the middle of July." And listening to Downtown Seoul it´s easy to see a movie scene in black and white unfolding before your eyes: "I saw you coming across the square and a white bird broke the dark Korean sky, as the rest of my life went by..."
