May 6 - The House That Dripped Blood

There is something delightfully sleazy about the instrumentation of this song. I'm getting a strong dose of PJ Harvey. More than that, this is a song with swagger in a way that feels new to Mountain Goats songs. The wild harmonica at the end gives this is feeling of a barely-inside house in the swamp.

And in this house we see not people but the remnants of their movement. This is a home that has seen a marriage tear itself apart violently, has seen it recently. The passion and blood are still in the air and seep into the music like it was blotting paper. And it is.