200: Wild Pink & John Moreland - The Fences of Stonehenge

Last winter, I got really into the work of John Moreland, the earthy, gravel-voiced songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. His work feeds off the winter, a symbiotic relationship between that voice and the season, imbuing each other with a heightened sense of melancholy. His Visitor LP from 2024 remains a frequent listen, a world-weary collection of folk songs that occupies a special kind of place.

Another excellent album released last year was Wild Pink's Dulling The Horns, the band's fifth full-length effort; another reminder of why they're one of the best guitar bands of the past decade or so.

Said album is soon to get the Deluxe treatment, the original record growing into a compilation to include guest reworks, alternate mixes, and live tracks. The band have previously shared Fenne Lily's take on 'Disintegrate', and today its the turn of the aforementioned John Moreland, who offers up a quietly moving version of one of the album's stand-out moments 'The Fences of Stonehenge'.

It makes for a somewhat spellbinding couple of minutes, the kind of version that leaves you pining for so much more. Gone is the original's energetic unraveling, replaced here with something suitably bruised, Moreland's voice gently backed by Wild Pink frontman John Ross, the pair conjuring up something beautifully captivating; a fleeting and exhausted sigh.

I heard it should be easy
I’m always searching
The light comes from a million miles away
And we get a little every day

Check out the new version of the song below, the full deluxe version of the album is released October 3rd, via Fire Talk

Listen to 'The Fences of Stonehenge' on the GFP blog here