The line about setting the bone with the cardboard splint, I believe, is simply imagery depicting the gritty desperation of the townspeople. They set the bone with cardboard simply because they have no better method.
To add to the note about their new album: they should be finished recording it about October 29. The new album is comprised of songs each representing one of the circles of hell. It has a much more alt-country sound to it, which I'm not really a big fan of, but it's still characteristically MBD, so it's not bad all. Keep in mind I learned/heard this at a show they did back in June, so I'm not sure how much, if any, of that has changed.
The line about setting the bone with the cardboard splint, I believe, is simply imagery depicting the gritty desperation of the townspeople. They set the bone with cardboard simply because they have no better method.
To add to the note about their new album: they should be finished recording it about October 29. The new album is comprised of songs each representing one of the circles of hell. It has a much more alt-country sound to it, which I'm not really a big fan of, but it's still characteristically MBD, so it's not bad all. Keep in mind I learned/heard this at a show they did back in June, so I'm not sure how much, if any, of that has changed.