John Darnielle on the new Mountain Goats album, comic books, his new voice, and playing festivals

John Darnielle talks to Status Ain’t Hood: “And the thing for me with my records is that either you’re going to be listening to them, or if they’re on as background music, then you want it off. It’s really annoying. I’m keenly aware of that, and I enjoy records more that I can decide what I want. Even the best death metal records are records that you can have on at mid-volume.”