Mister Goblin

Casual, brutal contradictions fill up Mister Goblin’s mind.

From the forced cheer of “Holiday World” to the military discount at the fireworks store and the healing balm of Sly and the Family Stone’s “Que Sera Sera” soundtracking the depths of the pandemic, BUNNY, Mister Goblin’s newest album, lives with paradoxes. And that expands to the music, with bandleader Sam flipping from fluttering falsetto to soaring screams on a dime, while the instrumentation mutates from post-hardcore breakdowns to swelling country odes to Netflix and chillin’.

If it all sounds like too much, too ambitious, rest assured, Mister Goblin handles it with natural grace. Living with those contradictions makes BUNNY feel startlingly vulnerable, and, just as importantly, vitally human. We chatted with Sam below.

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