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 Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin

Posted by Loren on January 30, 2021

Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin
Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin

Released last year as a limited cassette record, Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin will now get a proper physical release on LP, and CD on March 26 through merge Records.

Read more about the record in this year-old post.

Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin
Mountain Goats' Songs for Pierre Chuvin

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