hurt my knuckles punching on the machines

I could never stand to listen to any Mountain Goats material that wasn't recorded on a boombox. Darnielle is a killer lyricist but a really pitiful musician. The songs are all four chords for a reason, the music doesn't matter. Bringing a band and a studio into the equation actually makes the project seem lazier than a dude spewing song after song into his tape player.