Pitchfork

As John Darnielle writes on the official website for the Mountain Goats, "You may have heard tell about how a couple months back I gave Aesop Rock all the constituent parts of the song 'Lovecraft in Brooklyn' and told him 'go nuts, why don't you?' It is with great pleasure that I present to you Aesop's completely great from-the-ground-up remix and an accompanying video from the truly awesome Sketch Theatre." Darnielle and Aesop Rock have collaborated before, of course, so we know they're simpatico. Here, the latter adds a lumbering beat to the sturdy rock tune from Heretic Pride, which is filled with great lyrical detail ("Some kid in a Marcus Allen jersey asks me for a cigarette"), and then adds a few verses of his own toward the end. Interesting scene being drawn in the video as well.

 

[original track from Heretic Pride; out now on 4AD]