oh how the days will rain on you

i know i've just been reposting things from pitchfork, but there has been so much good stuff recently that it's worth it. plus, that's what blogs are for.

i wish i could embed these, but you can just keep this page open and stream these as many times as you want. they're bootleg acoustic versions of two great woods songs; the album versions are much more psychedelic, but these expose a) how good a singer he is, and b) how strong the songs are when they're stripped of their hazy trappings.

to compare, here's rain on and to clean from the album.

and here's a very sunshiney A-side from a single of theirs called the dark. such a good band!

a thousand years no getting rid of me

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there are no words

this is why i do what i do

save the climate... save the beer. it's that easy.

it's been a long time since you've been around

i have been obsessed with modest mouse, even more than usual, lately.

lots of other things have been happening.

but, the real update is: LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE JESSICA SHOWED ME IT IS SO GREAT