‘sleep carves warm under the pelt’, embroidery on calico fabric, 2023 (instagram)
"This song, it will shock you to learn, is an extended metaphor about a decaying relationship. I know, I know. I didn’t come to the Mountain Goats show for that shit! What are you talking about? I come for absolutely literal stories about police dogs sniffing for corpses. I’m not looking for deeper meanings than that. Well, I’m sorry to break the news to you: but there is no dog and there are no cops. There’s just one very aggrieved partner saying something to another in the hopes that they land a punch."
John Darnielle introducing Cadaver Sniffing Dog, 04.09.19




