Track Premiere: spoony bard – ‘Blue Version’

Taking its name from the meme-famous Final Fantasy II garbled insult, spoony bard is the alter-ego of musician David Nord and the result of a cultural collision as well as an honest and self-deprecating exploration of one’s life. The project’s latest album, Animal Husband, is due out November 5 through independent release. Listen to “Blue Version,” the first single and opening track from Animal Husband, below: animal husband EP by spoony bard The 7-song EP begins with the rollicking “Blue Version,” which Nord describes as “a distillation of my adolescence…searching for ‘truth’ long before realizing the futility of that search.” The song begins with a 60s fuzz-drenched guitar riff, sort of a mutated version of “Come Together” that quickly morphs into a funky fuzz synth hip-hop j...