Barry Thomas Goldberg - American Grotesque (2005)

"American Grotesque" is a studio album by American indie folk singer-songwriter and poet Barry Thomas Goldberg, released in 2005.

This album, released two years before his album "Mapleton Memoir," marked a crucial stage in his return to active creativity in the 2000s. The album cemented Goldberg's status as one of the most underrated "outsider musicians" and chroniclers of the American heartland.

The album's sound ranges from intimate, almost naked acoustic folk to raw, garage-inspired lo-fi rock with a minimalist rhythm section and melancholy keyboards. This is music of lonely roads, empty bars, and the rural Midwest, recorded without the glossy studio sheen.