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Jenny from Thebes
Artist
the Mountain Goats
Label
Merge Records
Catalogue Number
MRG841
Release Date
October 27, 2023
  • Vinyl 1×LP, Limited Coloured

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    Yellow & Black

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    MRG841PV

    • Gatefold jacket with printed lyrics
    • Includes digital download card
  • Vinyl 1×LP

    $28.00
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    MRG841LP

    • Gatefold jacket with printed lyrics
    • Includes digital download card
  • CD

    $14.00
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    MRG841CD

    • 4-panel wallet
    • 16-page lyric booklet
  • Cassette

    $13.00
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    MRG841CS

    • Limited to 1,000 copies worldwide
    • Foldout J-card with full lyrics
    • Black ink on opaque "custard" shell
    • Does not include digital download card

The Mountain Goats’ catalog is thick with recurring characters—Jenny, who originally appears in the All Hail West Texas track bearing her name, as well as in “Straight Six” from Jam Eater Blues and Transcendental Youth side two jam “Night Light,” is one of these, someone who enters a song unexpectedly, pricking up the ears of fans who are keen on continuing the various narrative threads running through the Mountain Goats’ discography before vanishing into the mist. In these songs, Jenny is largely defined by her absence, and she is given that definition by other characters. She is running from something. These features are beguiling, both to the characters who’ve told her story so far and to the listener. They invite certain questions: Who is Jenny, really? What is she running from? Well, she’s a warrior and a thief, and, this being an album by the Mountain Goats, it’s a safe bet whatever she’s fleeing is something bad. Something catastrophically bad.

Jenny from Thebes is the story of Jenny, her southwestern ranch style house, the people for whom that house is a place of safety, and the west Texas town that is uncomfortable with its existence. It is a story about the individual and society, about safety and shelter and those who choose to provide care when nobody else will.

Track list:

  1. Clean Slate
  2. Ground Level
  3. Only One Way
  4. Fresh Tattoo
  5. Cleaning Crew
  6. Murder at the 18th St. Garage
  7. From the Nebraska Plant
  8. Same as Cash
  9. Water Tower
  10. Jenny III
  11. Going to Dallas
  12. Great Pirates

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