How about we ban the word "ban"? Such a tired concept.

The Mountain Goats are not melodramatic. They are [he is] accurate. When I heard The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton I knew he was a genius: "When you punish someone for dreaming his dreams don't expect him to thank or forgive you." YES.

I am about the same age as Darnielle and, yeah, sure, depressive, but life IS really difficult for some people, and he has an incredible amount of empathy for the people who can't make a decent go of it. And for the ways they find to go on and find beauty in life.

I know a person who has read it and reviewed it and thinks it is AMAZING. Annoying that a dude can be so good at music AND writing, but oh well. He's the real thing.