Jon Rooney’s favorite frontier surrealist Travis Champ is back, and his take on “The Meaning of Life” doubles down on the surrealism – which makes sense, since it was inspired by a dream he had about listening to the lost folk recordings of Adolf Hitler. (“I don’t think the first verse will offend too many people,” he assured me.) The lyrics aren’t entirely clear – perhaps due to the song being recorded on a phone inside a shipping container (no, really) – but suffice it to say it’s another satisfying dose of subversive strangeness delivered in Champ’s inimitable cowboy baritone.
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It’s nice to see Travis putting more stuff out. His addition to volume 9 (as The Light Switch) remains one of my favorites.