The Mountain Goats - Get Lonely *

Don't ask me why, but I really like this album title. Get lonely. Like I said, don't ask me why. It's one of those many things I don't have the vocabulary to properly explain. The Mountain Goats is fortunate enough to have been reviewed numerous times by the Fork. I think for this one I will take the average rating for regular studio albums, apply it to the new release, and see what I end up with.

Some shockingly simple calculations give me an average of 7.5 over the course of the band's five PF-reviewed full-length studio albums. Personally, I'm impressed that a band (or guy) this prolific has never scored lower than 6.7 with PF. Based on the average rating of 7.5, and the fact that the review of a track from the new album got four stars, I'm predicting an 8.3 for this one. And just to raise the stakes a bit, I'm predicting it will be rated as "Best New Music." Let me know if you think I'm getting too cocky. Actual rating: 7.6. Point differential: 0.7.