Lovecraft in Brooklyn (song)

"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" is a song on the Mountain Goats' 2008 album Heretic Pride, written and sung by John Darnielle. The song refers to H. P. Lovecraft's time in New York City, a period marked by intense feelings of anxiety and xenophobia, as expressed in stories like "The Horror at Red Hook".
==Recording ==
Heretic Pride features John Darnielle on vocals and guitar, Peter Hughes on bass, and Jon Wurster on drums--the first Mountain Goats album to feature this lineup.Wikipedia, "Heretic Pride".
It was released in February 2008 on the 4AD label.
==Lyrics==
The song's lyrics are filled with images of urban decay and paranoia, punctuated with the song's title as a refrain, as in:
They make reference to Lovecraft's feeling of being exiled from his native Providence:
It alludes to the Lovecraft story "The Whisperer in Darkness", which features the alien Mi-Go extracting human brains and placing them in metal cylinders:
The song concludes:
== Darnielle's Commentary==
In an interview, John Darnielle said that "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" 
In concert, he described the song as being 
==Reception==
Crawdaddy!'s Jessica Gentile heralded "Lovecraft in Brooklyn" as "muscular, electric, and imbued with paranoia," calling it "by far, the heaviest song the band’s ever recorded."Crawdaddy!, "Mountain Goats", by Jessica Gentile, February 20, 2008. Allmusic's Steve Leggett compared the song to "the screenplay for a campy B movie monster flick given musical form".Allmusic, "Heretic Pride Review", by Steve Leggett.
Judy Berman of Tiny Mix Tapes praised Darnielle for "subtly coloring his lyrics with the voice of the frightened narrator, in lines like, 'Afraid of my own shadow/ Like, genuinely afraid.'”Tiny Mix Tapes, "The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride", by Judy Berman, 2008.
==References==
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