We worked with Nick Millhiser (of Holy Ghost!), who also produced half of our album A Way Forward. Once we made that change it was easier to get loose with the structure and have fun with it. Not wanting to do that, we decided to change the rhythm to turn it into a shuffle (think ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’ by Tears for Fears, ‘Reelin’ in the Years’ by Steely Dan, ‘Higher Ground’ by Stevie Wonder). Once we settled on Broken Social Scene and this song, we realized that, loving ‘Stars and Sons’ so much, if we didn’t transform it in a fundamental way we would end up just copying it straight up. Drew is also on Covers of Covers, covering Stars’ “The Loose Ends Will Make Knots.”ĭevaney had this to say about their cover in a statement to Under the Radar: “It was tough choosing who to cover from the list-so many of these bands have been really important to us through the years. Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew was one of several musicians to appear on the fold out cover of our O Canada Issue in 2005 ( Issue 11), appearing alongside members of fellow north of the border artists Metric, Tegan and Sara, The Dears, The New Pornographers, Stars, and others. Their second album, A Way Forward, came out last November via PIAS. Nation of Language is a Brooklyn-based synth-pop trio that consists of Ian Devaney (vocals, guitar, and percussion), Aidan Noell (synth and vocals), and Michael Sue-Poi (bass). “We tried a few different ways of approaching the cover before we gave up and just dove in, playing the song as we would if it was a Cults song. We also love its lyrics as a critique of social structures that the French do better than anyone. It always stands out amongst all the other tunes with its extended intro, mellow verses, and bright and punchy instrumentation. “We’ve had ‘Bourgeois’ on our tour playlist for two album cycles now, meaning we’ve heard it in clubs hundreds of times. “When we saw the list of bands that had been on the covers over the years our first thought was, ‘Wow, that’s a lot of great bands.’ Our second thought was, ‘Let’s do that Phoenix song.’ I’m looking back, UTR might have been our first time our music was ever printed about in a magazine, which was an amazing and bizarre out of body moment. Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion of Cults collectively had this to say about their cover in a statement to Under the Radar: “We’re very happy to be included in celebrating Under the Radar magazine as we’ve been big fans for over a decade now. Phoenix were on the cover of Issue 45 in 2013, in honor of their album Bankrupt! (which featured “Bourgeois”). We are also donating $1.00 from every physical album sold and every full album download purchased to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund ( which “provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.”Ĭults are releasing a 10th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut album and recently shared the bonus track “Valentine” (fittingly released on Valentine’s Day). The album also features Alex Lahey, Hatchie, Kevin Drew, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Sondre Lerche, Girl Ray, Piroshka, Strand of Oaks, Oceanator, C Duncan, NZCA LINES, Ora the Molecule, James Yorkston, and Water From Your Eyes.Ĭovers of Covers will be available on CD and digitally, with cassette tape and vinyl releases in the works too. In December we announced the album shared its first two singles: Grandaddy’s cover of Metric’s “Blindness” and EMA’s cover of Modest Mouse’s “Trailer Trash.” Then in January we shared two more singles from it: Cassandra Jenkins’ cover of Animal Collective’s “It’s You” and Peter Bjorn and John’s cover of The Divine Comedy’s “Songs of Love.” In honor of our 20th anniversary we approached some of our favorite musicians and asked them to cover any song by any artist who had been on the front or back cover of our print issue over the years. Today we are sharing two last pre-release singles from it: Cults’ cover of Phoenix’s “Bourgeois” and Nation of Language’s cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Stars and Sons.” Listen to both below. Covers of Covers, our first album, is due out this Friday via American Laundromat ( preorder it here).
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