Posted on May 4th, 2015

The great people at Spin Magazine just premiered John Vanderslice's cover of "Long Dark Blues", originally by Songs: Ohia, aka the late great Jason Molina. As you may know, the song comes off the "Midnight Blue / Long Dark Blues" flexi disc, exclusive to our reissue of JV's debut LP Mass Suicide Occult Figurines.

John said this to Spin about the song:

I really dislike covers. Usually they are too deferent to the source, too timid. They need to be a reaction to or an undermining of the original. This song was originally commissioned for a Molina comp and was rejected; I wasn’t surprised… Everyone hears the confessional folk, the Oldham, and the On The Beach-era Neil Young in Molina. I heard the Pink Floyd, the drugs, and the loneliness.

Pre-order the deluxe edition of Mass Suicide Occult Figurines here (out May 19th), and listen to the song below: