Found here: https://music.apple.com/nz/album/days/1892515538

In 1991, Charlie Sheen contacted the FBI after watching a Japanese horror film.

He was convinced that the movie depicted footage of an actual murder.

After an investigation, the filmmakers were forced to prove that the gore shown in the movie had all been created using special effects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Pig_(film_series)

https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1j504g0/the_horror_film_so_real_the_fbi_investigated_it

Today, The Mountain Goats released a song about it… and it is a banger!

Charlie Sheen Reaches Out To The Feds

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-mountain-goats-new-album-days-charlie-sheen-reaches-out-to-the-feds/

Second clue was "Mountain" - if they keep this up I'd assume we are getting something at the end of today- maybe a first single? An announcement of some kind? The game is afoot!

Edit: They also changed their pfp on Spotify, which usually means new music!

Edit (again): There's also one hidden video in their music videos playlist on Youtube! Also, no post for 8 AM, so whatever we are investigating must have happened between 6 and 7 AM.

Edit (again & again): 8:30 AM!! " Goats' "!

Edit (again & again & again): First tour date within CST would be St. Louis on May 24th - they have been sending the tour dates along with the clues so maybe that is another clue?

Fourth clue (10 AM): "New"

Fifth clue (11 AM): "Album"

Sixth clue (12:30 PM): "Releases"

Seventh clue (2 PM): "August"

Eighth clue (3:30 PM): "7th"

Ninth clue (5 PM): "And"

Tenth clue (6 PM): "Is"

Eleventh clue (7 PM): "Titled"

Final clue (8 PM): "Days"

Edit (possibly final, spoiler for the reveal): >!As u/UntilOlympiusReturns has let us know from the far shores of New Zealand, a new song is coming out tonight titled "Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds" - I will rise to this occasion! Album titled "Days", coming August 7th as found by u/zopilotesteel: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/cd-mountain-goats-the-days-cd?variant=40428093472969 The site also has the cover, tracklist, description of the concept and all the other info!<

I got this when I saw them in concert in ATX (2024 I think?) Super thrilled to have seen them, I wouldn't call myself a super fan or anything, but they are easily in my top 3 favorites.

Someone passed these out to everyone. I assumed it was related to the opener but I kept an ear out and she never sang this lyric and she wasn't well known so I would think she would want her name on the sticker.

I've looked up the lyrics, can't find anything but it is generic enough that the algorithm might be working against me. Is this a Mountain Goats Reference?

I am also maybe hearing this as a lyric I know from another song but I can only think of these lines alone so idk if I'm making that up.

Edit: thanks for the help! Dutch Orchestra Blues is a nice song, I've never heard before but it'll be in my playlists now.

This was not the song I had in my head when I think of the lyrics so now I'll be on the hunt for other songs with similar lyrics or tunes to see where I got that from.

Super rare one found at a Disc Union in Tokyo, priced in a way that suggests they didn’t know what they had.

Has been fun trying to learn the backstory - I’m guessing some members here already know about this one.

Fortunately I had a Kenwood CD player in the closet that can handle 8 cm discs.

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(Note: not looking to sell this, just sharing the discovery)

I can’t seem to find the pink version of the new album for pre-order anywhere: tmg hellomerch website, Cadmean Dawn website, bandcamp all just have the blue one. (And the link to the local record store option linked from the main tmg doesn’t seem to work.)

Anyone know what’s up with it?