“There is no direct association between mysterious Swedish psychedelicists GOAT and Argentinian master of magical realism, Jorge Luis Borges. Yet their mission appears to be the same. Borges generated his ideas from historical curiosities across the globe—knife duels on the South American plains, Middle Eastern heresiarchs, Chinese pirates—and twisted them into fictions that blurred the lines between footnotes and outright fantasy. GOAT’s sound is the sonic embodiment of this principle, working heavy psych-rock, Nigerian afrobeat, German krautrock, Anatolian funk, and a host of other micro-niches into a hallucinatory celebration of rock’s diverse manifestations…Ultimately, it is GOAT’s music that speaks the most about them, and on Commune GOAT deliver a heavy dose of acidic grooves, hypnotic incantations, and serpentine guitar lines, building on the much-lauded sound of World Music to explore new territories. Starting with the layered percussive groove, Eastern guitar flourishes, and convoking vocals of ‘Talk To God,’ Commune re-establishes the trance-inducing rhythms and exotic blaze of guitar that characterized World Music. From there, the album launches into darker and more propulsive territories, occasionally emerging for breaths of transcendental ‘60s psych-pop and driving proto-metal fuzz. ” – Sub Pop

1.1 Talk to God
1.2 Words
1.3 The Light Within
1.4 To Travel the Path Unknown
1.5 Goatchild
1.6 Goatslaves
1.7 Hide from the Sun
1.8 Bondye
1.9 Gathering of Ancient Tribes