On February 18, 2008, “4AD” label released “Heretic Pride”, the eleventh Mountain Goats studio album. It was recorded in 2007, and was produced by was produced by Scott Solter and John Vanderslice.

Personnel:

• John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
• Franklin Bruno – piano, organ
• Annie Clark – guitar, backing vocals
• Erik Friedlander – arrangement, strings
• Peter Hughes – electric guitar, bass guitar
• Jon Wurster – drums, percussion
• Rachel Ware Zooi – backing vocals
• Sarah Arslanian – backing vocals
• John Vanderslice – synthesizer
• Scott Solter – additional percussion, recording, mixing
• Aaron Prellwitz – recording
• Timin Murray – assistant recording

Track listing:

All tracks by John Darnielle.

1. Sax Rohmer #1
2. San Bernardino
3. Heretic Pride
4. Autoclave
5. New Zion
6. So Desperate
7. In the Craters of the Moon
8. Lovecraft in Brooklyn
9. Tianchi Lake
10. How to Embrace a Swamp Creature
11. Marduk T-Shirt Men’s Room Incident
12. Sept. 15 1983
13. Michael Myers Resplendent