Establishing the mood with a luscious astral frequency and intimately strummed acoustic guitar, barDe opens her cover of Misfits‘ Dig Up Her Bones with the iconic, conceptual lyrics, “Anything is what she is, anywhere is where she’s from, anything is what she’ll be, anything as long as it’s mine…”
The opus expands with a high emotional quotient to tell the tale of an obsessive devotion to a mysterious, almost supernatural woman. Akin to Misfits, barDe is consumed by her presence, willing to follow her anywhere, even as lies, secrets and darkness surround their connection. She feels otherworldly – both a refuge and a threat.
The song is quite existential too, it also explores death, longing and the desire to resurrect what’s been lost. Imagery of graveyards, demons and burned roses suggests notions of grief twisted with fascination. barDe wants to dig up her bones, symbolically or literally, to reclaim what death has taken, showing how love and obsession blur into horror.
There is a cinematic allure to the cover, and we could imagine it being performed at The Bronze in Buffy The Vampire Slayer – perhaps in the upcoming reboot! barDe‘s vocal range is sublime and we deeply connect with energy that manifests with the expansive alternative rock nature of the production.
Aptly released on Halloween, barDe confesses, “For me, this delves into what keeps us digging through memory for what can’t be revived, the compulsion to reach for what’s gone and how that can drive us to madness. It explores how we move through grief, how obsession can become devotion, and ultimately forces us to face our own mortality.”
barDe’s new 2025 reimagining, recorded and produced with Chris Pepper at Saltwell Studios, honours the band’s goth-horror legacy whilst transforming the song into something softer and more spectral. As you can tell, we are in awe, and have added the cover of Dig Up Her Bones to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, as we continue to stream barDe‘s wider discography, including Next to Last Girl, and What the Hell Hey.