shipwrecks

My name is Johnny. I go to college and try to write songs about it. I'm currently reevaluating my life. I also like The Mountain Goats a lot more than the average person.
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~ Thursday, April 12 ~
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Okay, so I did a cover of Dorian Finch’s amazing new song.

She sings really fast and it’s hard for me to keep up but I gave it a try! Ah, I want to rerecord it at some point. It’s pretty sloppy and my voice is asdkjhdskhj as always but this is legitimately one of the funnest songs to play.

Arhythmetic (Dorian Finch cover)

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~ Sunday, April 8 ~
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So this is my friend Danielle and I drunkenly covering Love Will Fuck Us Apart by Andrew Jackson Jihad. We both do our fair share of fumbling and stumbling. I blame the alcohol!

Love Will Fuck Us Apart (Andrew Jackson Jihad cover)

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~ Wednesday, March 7 ~
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The Mountain Goats cover #12

I love this tape recorder so much. Anyways, here’s me singing Ontario off Full Force Galesburg. 

This is probably my favorite tMG ever and I know I can’t do it justice but whatever, I love you John Darnielle.

Ontario (The Mountain Goats cover)

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~ Sunday, March 4 ~
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This is my first ever totally analog recording. I found my dad’s old microcassette recorder from the 80’s and of course it was broken. However, it wasn’t that hard to fix and I got it working! I decided to record a really quick, one take cover of a Why? song. It’s really warbly and muffly. 

The Vowels Pt. 2 (Why? cover)

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~ Sunday, January 22 ~
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solaceinsunlight:

This is what we’ve been doing in Chicago. Folky covers of really sad pop songs.

Shipwrecks/Island of Misfit Toys - Someone Like You (Adele Cover)

Anthony is a way better singer than me.

Okay so this is pretty crazy. This song was played on FM RADIO in Wichita, Kansas multiple times. WHAT?! SDOFJSDOFIJASOFIHASGOIH. Amazing.

 You can see the playlists on this page.

download the track from here if you so choose.

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~ Monday, January 16 ~
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The Mountain Goats cover #11

Okay, I just recorded another tMG cover. It’s If You See Light off of Get Lonely. This is probably my favorite song from that album and I know I could never really do it justice. Well anyways, check it out! I folked it out, I guess. I wish I didn’t run out of tracks on my recorder though, I would have added another instrument or two. Oh wells.

If You See Light (The Mountain Goats cover)

download link: http://soundcloud.com/shipwrecks/if-you-see-light

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~ Thursday, January 12 ~
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I just uploaded some of the covers I’ve done in the past few years to bandcamp. Most of these have never been downloadable or were only sent out on a bonus disc in the first wave of EPs I sent out. 
Check them out. They are FREE!
http://shipwrecksfolk.bandcamp.com/album/selected-covers-2009-2011
i hope you guys like the mountain goats because 80% of these are tMG covers…

I just uploaded some of the covers I’ve done in the past few years to bandcamp. Most of these have never been downloadable or were only sent out on a bonus disc in the first wave of EPs I sent out. 

Check them out. They are FREE!

http://shipwrecksfolk.bandcamp.com/album/selected-covers-2009-2011

i hope you guys like the mountain goats because 80% of these are tMG covers…

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~ Friday, January 6 ~
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This is what we’ve been doing in Chicago. Folky covers of really sad pop songs.

Shipwrecks/Island of Misfit Toys - Someone Like You (Adele Cover)

Anthony is a way better singer than me.

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~ Friday, December 30 ~
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The Mountain Goats cover #10

Okay, I recorded a quick cover of Against Pollution off We Shall All Be Healed. I guess it’s a bit different than the original. Vocals are dsafkljhfd as always. It does utilize banjo, though, which some may think is cool.

Gah, the original version of this song is so awesome. It’s got a feel that no other tMG song has.

Against Pollution (The Mountain Goats cover)

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~ Monday, December 26 ~
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The Mountain Goats cover #9

I haven’t done a tMG cover in a while so here’s me playing one of my all time favorite songs by them, Going to Maryland. (MARYLAND IS P COOL) I’m using my new portable recording device!

I’m posting this pretty late so no one is going to see it which is probably a good thing.

Going to Maryland (The Mountain Goats cover)

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