Sufjan Steven’s new album The Age of Adz just dropped Tuesday, but already we have the first cover of one of its songs. And not just a cover song – a full video! Cue speech about the Internet moving at the speed of blog or whatever.
Los Angeles indie-disco band Jump Clubb tackled the album’s opening track, “Futile Devices.” Stevens’ song is all delicate guitar and delicate-r vocals about sleeping and crocheting and such. Jump Clubb adds twitchy drum machine and sticky synth for a four-on-the-floor pounder that makes the lo-fi vocals seem all the more restrained. This certainly won’t be the last Age of Adz cover, but it sets the bar pretty high.
Check out more Jump Clubb at their website or MySpace.
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[...] Travis har tidligere covret Britney Spears, men nå har vokalist Fran Healy også kastet seg over et litt mindre kjent band, Beach House, og covret deres “Zebra”. Det britiske stjerneskuddet Pixie Lott gjorde en cover av Cee-Los “Fuck You” for BBC Radio 1 og døpte den høflig om til “Forget You”. Og kun få dager etter at det nye Sufjan Stevens-albumet traff butikkene, så fikk en av låtene ny drakt. [...]