{"product_id":"the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ-2lp","title":"THE MOUNTAIN GOATS 'BEAT THE CHAMP' 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: Merge Records\u003cbr\u003eVINYL RELEASE DATE: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\/7\/2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\/7\/2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2015 release from the veteran indie folk band led by John Darnielle. “Beat the Champ is about professional wrestling, which was an avenue of escape for me when I was a kid. Wrestling was low-budget working class entertainment back then, strictly UHF material. It was cheap theater. You had to bring your imagination to the proceedings and you got paid back double. I wrote these songs to re-immerse myself in the blood and fire of the visions that spoke to me as a child, and to see what more there might be in them now that I’m grown.” — John. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle despite the plural moniker. Although he remains the core member of the band, he has gradually worked with a variety of collaborators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MERGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67497827696858,"sku":"THE-MOUNTAIN-GOATS-BEAT-THE-CHAMP-2LP-1611","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/2848868.jpg?v=1791232200","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ-2lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}