The Mountain Goats "Beat the Champ" 2026-05-08 came alongside the announcement of

came alongside the announcement of her highly anticipated third studio album of the same name

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III boldly and expertly goes in an artistic direction not yet traveled by the band

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The Mountain Goats "Beat the Champ" 2026-05-08 came alongside the announcement ofDouble vinyl LP pressing include digital download. 2015 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