As with any Mountain Goats release, Heretic Pride makes you want to listen as closely as possible, unraveling the threads, seeing how things tie into an overall narrative. There's nothing as obviously autobiographical or time-lined as The Sunset Tree material, but fragments of the scenery pop up across the 13 tracks, creating echoes or resonances if you're using your official Mountain Goats magnifying glass. For instance, lots of water -- whether the ocean (sailors, harbors), streaked with blood ("Craters On The Moon"), the waiting place in "New Zion," or the sweat on some girl in a bathroom (right, the water of the toilet, too).