Watch Josh Ritter and The Milk Carton Kids Team Up for “Losing Battles”

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September 3, 2019 7:21 am

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This spring Josh Ritter released a new album called Fever Breaks. Recorded at RCA Studio A and produced by Jason Isbell, the record is a cycle of story-songs that was partly inspired by the old ballads of the British Isles.

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For Amazon Music’s Original series, Ritter teamed up with the Milk Carton Kids to recut “Losing Battles” from the new album.

“Once a song is written and recorded, it can be difficult to reimagine it, but I knew that ‘Losing Battles’ was a song that could go in all kinds of directions,” Ritter told American Songwriter. “Once the idea of working with Joey and Kenneth came into my mind, I only wanted to see where the collaboration could take us. It was really exciting, fun, and inspiring to be in the midst of such talent and vision. What a great time!”

“Josh asked us to make his beautiful, sad song even sadder,” added the Milk Carton Kids, “and that’s a task we’re well-suited to. You might not know it to hear this thing, but we had a great time making it together.”

Watch the video for the session below.