A Monsters of Folk mashup with the Roots featuring a full orchestra, a backing choir, harps, & Yim Yames results in one monster of a song. Everything about this performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is perfect. Is there anything the Roots can't do?

Can't wait for the new album. Dear God, please make Tues come sooner.

It's funny sometimes how you find a band. And how you end up falling in love with their music. It could be something as meaningless as 2 letters in their name. That's how I discovered Matt Pond PA. I downloaded a song by them because of the 'PA' in their name. Because I'm from Pennsylvania, where everyone calls it P.A.

And the song I downloaded was called 'New Hampshire.' Why did I pick that song? Cause my mom had just moved to CT. And I found PA/NH combo funny.

But I didn't really listen to it. It sat unloved on one of my chill music playlists for a long time. Flash forward a few months.

It's the first time I've been back east in a while. And it's the first time I've seen him since the accident. So many things I wanted to say and ask. And now here he is right in front of me, laying in a hospital bed in a coma. I didn't recognize him at all. Even when he was a part of my life, he was never really there. He was always in his own little world. And now he literally was. And the doctors told us things weren't going to change.

We packed up all his things. Things I hadn't seen in ages. Things I didn't know he had. Or cared about. We packed them all up and drove home. But 'home' was now CT. Not PA. I may live in California but PA will always be my home.

So there we were, driving across 84E to CT. The sun setting behind me. My sister asleep in the back seat. My wife sleeping beside me and holding my hand as I drove us back to my mom's. And this song comes on. I wasn't really paying attention to it cause all I could think about was him and my childhood but it suddenly caught my attention.

I’m going home
back to New Hampshire
I’m so determined
to lay in lakes
and see my sisters
I will hit my brother
and hold my mother

This probably won’t work out
We might not live forever
While there’s nothing to confess
Please pay attention

It devastated me. It felt like I just crashed our car into a tree. It was just so heartbreakingly sad and sounded like I was feeling. I replayed it over and over. Sinking deeper and deeper into the song's lyrics and melody and how it fit into my life.

It became a part of me and I ended up getting every Matt Pond PA album I could after that. I fell in love with all the music because it sounds, feels, reminds of PA.

'New Hampshire' still devastates me. Every time I hear it, it takes me back to that moment. That sadness and clarity. I love the song so much for that reason. So last night, when Matt played it at the Independent, I about lost it. The song is so soft & tender, I never expected him to play it live.

But here I was, years later, experiencing this song live. And it's even more heartbreaking live. And all these thoughts of my dad swim back. And PA. And my mom's recent surgery. And all these other things weighing on my mind. It was all too much. It made me feel that deep sadness all over again. It took everything I had to hold back the tears. But it also made me feel better at the same time. It's amazing how music can do that for you.

It was an amazing show and this song was one of the most beautiful moments in my concert going history.

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I know you don't listen to the Jimmy Fallon Show, I know this; but I'm gonna make you today, 'cause it's Friday; you ain't got no choice... and you ain't got shit to do.

Okay, no really. Here's the mp3 of that smokin hot performance of the Roots & Ice Cube doing 'Straight Outta Compton' on the Jimmy Fallon Show.

It's Friday motherfucker. Go bump this and enjoy your weekend.