| Dark in Here | |
| Type: | studio |
| Cover: | The Mountain Goats - Dark in Here album cover.jpg |
| Alt: | An excerpt from the painting Walpurgis Night in Bergslagen, Grandgärde in Dalarna, showing snowy, rolling hills, with several fires burning in the distance. |
| Artist: | the Mountain Goats |
| Recorded: | March 9–14, 2020[1] |
| Studio: | FAME Studios (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) |
| Length: | 46:45 |
| Label: | Merge |
| Producer: | Matt Ross-Spang |
| Prev Title: | Getting Into Knives |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Bleed Out |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Dark in Here is the 20th studio album by indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released June 25, 2021 through Merge Records.[1] The album was recorded in March 2020, just one week after Getting Into Knives (2020), at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.[2] Dark in Here was produced by Matt Ross-Spang, who also produced Getting Into Knives and engineered In League with Dragons (2019).[1] In addition to being available on streaming and download services, the album was released physically on CD and vinyl.
The album's lead single, "Mobile", featuring organists Spooner Oldham and Will McFarlane, was released on April 20, 2021.[3] "The Slow Parts on Death Metal Albums" was released on May 11, 2021, and the title track "Dark in Here" was released as the final single on June 3, 2021.
The album's cover art is a portion of the painting Valborgsmässoafton i Bergslagen, Grangärde i Dalarna ("Walpurgis Night in Bergslagen, Grandgärde in Dalarna") by Anshelm Schultzberg (1896).[4]
| List | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2021 |
The Mountain Goats
Additional personnel
Production
| Chart (2021) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[5] | 6 | |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[6] | 40 | |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[7] | 16 | |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[8] | 46 |