Lonely is still an eyesore, apparently.

…when one contemplates that Dark Was The Night is out now. This is a new compilation on 4AD that should be on everyone’s radar. Look at the tracklisting and ask yourself, am I motivated to buy this? If you are on the fence, chances are it’s a rickety fence. To help shake you off, let me offer up yet another mp3 (in addition to the Bon Iver track posted below), and also point you to the consistently interesting, if questionably titled, blog known as Pasta Primavera (run by a Baltimorean, no less), where you can sample the fabulous new Sufjan Stevens track.

I hope you enjoy this duet with Feist and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), and to round things out I’ve also included the original version by the alternately hibernating, alternately dazzling folk artist Vashti Bunyan. Finally, because I couldn’t resist, I’ve posted a rare Flying Burrito Brothers track, despite the fact that it relates to the subject of this post in name only.

Feist and Ben Gibbard: Train Song
Vashti Bunyan: Train Song
Flying Burrito Brothers: The Train Song