The Mountain Goats released Coroner’s Gambit in 2000, three years after their previous album, Full Force Galesburg. This might not sound like an incredibly long break between records, but some perspective might help explain why this time was important.  In 1991, the Mountain Goats released their first album, a cassette-only release titled Taboo VI: The Homecoming. From that album through 1997, they had 21 releases of various types, cassette-only, CD only, 7” singles, split singles, 12” EPs, and full-length albums. In those 21 releases were 188 songs. In 1998, there were only 4 songs on one 12”. In 1999, zero. What caused this period of seeming inactivity? Research we used in this episode came from the below and we hope we didn't leave anyone out: Mountain Goats Website  Annotated Mountain Goats The Mountain Goats Wiki PopMatters Interview with John Darnielle RozzNet: The Official Rozz Williams Website Turned Out Punk Podcast, Episode 209 Highway Hi-Fi is a proud member of the Pantheon Music Podcast Network - Home of the Finest Music Podcasts