Over the years, I’ve posted some pretty geeky things on this blog. This one might just take the biscuit though. The mighty Mountain Goats, amongst their eighteen album releases every year, have made a song told from the point of view of Toad. That’s Toad from the Mario Bros. games.
The song was released as part of a six song EP a few months ago. It features the work of Kaki King, a singer-songwriter whom I had never heard of previously but should probably now explore on the basis of this alone. The song is a gentle, full of piano driven melancholy about Toad feeling scared of what is happening around him. It never quite lives up to it’s title or premise, but it remains the finest song ever written from the point of view of a Nintendo character.
I’d love to tell you that you can purchase the Black Pear Tree EP somewhere, but seemingly it was only released on vinyl and now it’s all gone. So go and torrent it or something.
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