The Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle has unveiled a trio of covers with longtime collaborator Matt Douglas. The covers include “Bridge of Sighs” a 1974 song from Robin Trower, “Save the Poeple,” a song from the 1971 musical Godspell, and “Blood Bank” from Bon Iver’s 2009 debut. Speaking of the latter song, Darnielle said: “The Bon Iver song that I initially read as being about junkies in the Pacific Northwest donating plasma for money in the ’80s, because that was a thing a lot of my friends did and a lot of those friends have gone home to God now so this song holds, for me, both great pain, and the sweet memory of friends too beautiful for this world.”
Listen to all three and read an interview with Darnielle at Aquarium Drunkard. Watch The Mountain Goats’ KEXP in-studio performance from 2017 below.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Mid…
The Mountain Goats are one of those bands we've been championing since back when we were known as KCMU, so we were especially honored when frontman John Darnielle flew into town a day early just to play our KEXP Hood-to-Hood broadcast. (KEXP presents The Mountain Goats at a sold out show tonight at…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Midday …
