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It’s the final instalment of Dial-A-Song, the 52nd of 52 new new TMBG songs and videos for 2015!! New albums Glean & Why? are out now! UK Tour dates coming up.

“Shape Shifter” video directed and animated by Jason Willis.

I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around

where did my world go?
one minute everything is home and friends
and new york times and lawn
beware the blob they said
how was I to know they meant the
ups delivery man
the koi in the tank and the anchorwoman

I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around

shape shifter shape shifter
you gotta quit that shifting of shapes
I accepted what you were and then everything changed
and I don’t want to live in any place where
the people are shifting their shapes

they’re such a liar
they said the planet wouldn’t
undulate and then burst into flames
what used to be my house?
is it that purple tentacle?
or is that the tv repairman?
the clarinet? the vegetable stand?

I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around

shape shifter shape shifter
you gotta quit that shifting of shapes
I accepted what you were and then everything changed
and I don’t want to live in any place where
the people are shifting their shapes

I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around

if you’re someone I used to know
I sure don’t recognize you
so I’m only hanging round amorphous mounds
in the town where nothing familiar can be found

I’ve got a big old problem
shape shifters all around

Directed by Paul Sahre, videography by Minchai Lee and edited by Zak Tebbal.

New albums Glean & Why? are out now! UK Tour dates coming up:

• 27 JAN Leeds, Brudenell Social Club – http://ljx.cc/1P7q0By
• 28 JAN Newcastle, Riverside – http://ljx.cc/1P7qrf5
• 30 JAN Belfast, Limelight – http://ljx.cc/1P7qFTC
• 31 JAN Glasgow, O2 ABC (Celtic Connections) – http://ljx.cc/1P7qLdL
• 01 FEB Manchester, Manchester Academy 2 – http://ljx.cc/1P7qXK9
• 03 FEB Cambridge, The Junction – ljx.cc/1RP76DR
• 04 FEB London, Electric Ballroom – http://ljx.cc/1P7rb42

In light of basking in the blues for the last couple years and feeling pretty good these days, I decided to treat you all with a snarky, NSFW (north south fuckin west?) Holiday ditty about your narcissistic Ex. And hey. It’s free! You’re welcome. Please enjoy “Santa’Self (F*ck Your Christmas Party)” as my holiday gift to you. Earmuffs for the kids!

I love you.
-Butch

Download for free on Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/1Pb5inc

Dial-A-Song video 49 is “I’ll Be Haunting You”. Starring Adoni Maropis and Carlos Ortega, directed by Paul & Mike Swiatek and produced by Shanti Whitney.

New albums Glean & Why? are out now! UK Tour dates coming up:

• 27 JAN Leeds, Brudenell Social Club – http://ljx.cc/1P7q0By
• 28 JAN Newcastle, Riverside – http://ljx.cc/1P7qrf5
• 30 JAN Belfast, Limelight – http://ljx.cc/1P7qFTC
• 31 JAN Glasgow, O2 ABC (Celtic Connections) – http://ljx.cc/1P7qLdL
• 01 FEB Manchester, Manchester Academy 2 – http://ljx.cc/1P7qXK9
• 03 FEB Cambridge, The Junction – http://ljx.cc/1P7r3l3
• 04 FEB London, Electric Ballroom – http://ljx.cc/1P7rb42

flipping this one final switch i’m effectively insuring that i will be
overcoming all resistance long after my remains have been
vaporized with extreme prejudice and shot into outer space
i’ll be haunting you

need i remind you of the oath you swore in 1993
don’t act like you don’t act like you know why you flinch at the image of these words
that permanently skywritten in the ashes of my incinerated legacy
i’ll be haunting you

i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you as you are staring into outer space

my absence has been weaponized the empty sockets where my eyes
are swiveling to recognize and pin you down
i’m the ringing in your ears rewriting all your fears
and you’re the only one who hears the sound
telltale beating floorcase on this unreleasing remix
that rises like a phoenix from the ground

i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you
i’ll be haunting you as you take in your outer spatial views
when you look up you’ll remember me and then i’ll be haunting you

Video directed by David Plunkert, animated by Joyce Hesselberth & David Plunkert. Story direction assisted by David Cowles.

thank you for going back in time
and thwarting my assassin
and while we’re laughing about it
I know you didn’t really do that.
this was a test and you failed.

before you fire I should inform you
one of us is a double
I took the trouble to swap ties
somebody taps you on the shoulder
you don’t know who is your friend

let’s all just take a deep breath
and slowly lower our weapons to the floor
I am alone in the three part folding mirror
on the bathroom door
I am alone in the three part folding mirror
on the bathroom door

everyone take off your disguises
I see you and your brother
dressed as each other this time
so now it appears the double crossers
have been too clever by half

the fox has been outfoxed again
the row of smug expressions
all arrayed around are wiped away so

let’s all just take a deep breath
and slowly lower our weapons to the floor
I am alone in the three part folding mirror
on the bathroom door
I am alone in the three part folding mirror
on the bathroom door
I’m by myself in the three part folding mirror
on the bathroom door

Blitzen Trapper‘s version of American folk song “Man Of Constant Sorrow” is featured in the latest episode of hit US TV series Fargo (Series 2, Episode 6).

It’s a a song that, over the years, has been recorded by the likes of Ginger Baker’s Air Force, with non other than Denny Lane (of Moody Blues & Wings) on lead vocal, and Bob Dylan but is probably best known in recent history from a version recorded for the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, performed by Dan Tyminski and credited as the fictional “Soggy Bottom Boys”.