Even I can “remember the night she left” when Matthew Houck sings “Bad News From Home.” Hell, being “high on a cliff in Mexico” could’ve happened, too. While it’s all a figment of Randy Newman’s mind, this song feels beautifully real when Phosphorescent does it. One of now six covers from the ongoing The Full … Read more
Earlier this week, M. Ward performed a live rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye,” and now Phosphorescent have a live take of their own — following up on a string of classic covers by Matthew Houck and friends of the Beatles, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan.
As Birds Need Feet points out, Dead Oceans shared the above cut from Phosphorescent’s new live EP, Ghost Lights, this week.
Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck went barefoot for this year’s One Day Without Shoes, an annual event that raises awareness about the plight of children in developing countries led by TOMS, for two performances filmed by La Blogothèque’s “A Take Away Show.” The first take, a stunning electric guitar-backed version of “My Dove, My Lamb” in Houck’s Brooklyn rehearsal space, is above. He also performed “At Death, A Proclamation,” which is worth watching — if only to admire Houck’s impressive rooftop balancing act.