John Darnielle's songs have always dwelled on one or a combination of five subjects, relationship conflicts, flood, water, pre-Colombian Mexico mythology and talking animals. This record conjures paranoid visions of a couple permanently on the cusp of divorce who have remained drunk for so long, they're not sure of much else beyond the mutually destructive urge that holds their house together.
Tracks
1 Tallahassee
2 First Few Desperate Hours
3 Southwood Plantation Road
4 Games Shows Touch Our Lives
5 House That Dripped Blood
6 Idylls of the King
7 No Children
8 See America Right
9 Peacocks
10 International Small Arms Traffic Blues
11 Have to Explode
12 Old College Try
13 Oceanographer's Choice
14 Alpha Rats Nest
Tracks
1 Tallahassee
2 First Few Desperate Hours
3 Southwood Plantation Road
4 Games Shows Touch Our Lives
5 House That Dripped Blood
6 Idylls of the King
7 No Children
8 See America Right
9 Peacocks
10 International Small Arms Traffic Blues
11 Have to Explode
12 Old College Try
13 Oceanographer's Choice
14 Alpha Rats Nest