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Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the twenty-third studio album by American indie folk band the Mountain Goats, released on November 7, 2025, through the group’s Cadmean Dawn label. Recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios in Hurley, New York, it was produced and mixed by multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas, marking his first full production credit on a Mountain Goats album.
The record is notable for being the band’s first full-band release in more than two decades without longtime bassist Peter Hughes, who departed in 2024. John Darnielle conceived the title after a phrase that appeared in a dream and described the album as a dedication to Hughes’ years of collaboration.
Presented as a narrative song cycle, Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan follows the survivors of a shipwreck, focusing on a captain and his final companion as they face isolation, visions, and physical collapse. Lin-Manuel Miranda contributes guest vocals on the lead single Armies of the Lord, released September 9, 2025. The album’s sessions were completed over nine days in January 2025 with engineering by Matthew Barnhart and assistance from Ben Loughran. The band began a North American tour in September 2025 in support of the release.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Overture
A2 Fishing Boat
A3 Cold At Night
B1 Dawn Of Revelation
B2 Your Bandage
B3 Peru
C1 Through This Fire
C2 Rocks In My Pockets
C3 Armies Of The Lord
D1 Your Glow
D2 The Lady From Shanghai 2
D3 Broken To Begin With
