Crushes - The Covers Mixtape

Covers record. Vibe-and-echo-drenched indie pop by husband-and-wife duo splitting duties on vox, glock, electric organ and synth. Known for jolty and jittery arrangements, sweeping sky-high harmonies, and a soft-electro bent a la Death Cab. Put simply, everyone who knows them loves them. This is not a great album by any stretch, but you’ve gotta love a covers tape that kicks off with Laura and closes with True Love Will Find You In The End. Married people!

try: 3, 10, 2, 7, 8
FCC: 1 (recommended for safe harbour)

1. FCC “bitch” (girls) funky laid-back piano-laden. sweet pop bass. great undersea vibe. the original is great. this is better. take the time to play this if you’re SH-clear.
*2. (the mars volta) scary & squiggly. heavy haunted house bass, ramshackle keys and high-pitched male vox. ends with very pretty harmonies.
*3. (belle & sebastian) melancholy, achey, sweet. very true to the original. acoustic guitar & tambourine, with a full band sound. trumpet! god damn, how did they make this song even sadder. i wonder if alan thinks this sounds like beck.
4. (death cab) slowish, windy, keys-and-echoes. very lullaby-esque.
5. (tom waits) big fat blow-out lead guitar & enormous “yeah” ruddering. not upbeat, not mellow. determined drums. huge sound.
6. (nick cave) super-exposed upfront male vox (later, chick harmonies) over drony echoey organ. slow.
*7. (fleetwood mac) WTF?! industrial percussion and scattershot bubbly funky keyboard beat. slower, groovy, happy, relaxed. i like this a lot. VERY different from the original. not as good as the tonic cover of same, but hey.
*8. (vashti bunyan) sounds a lot like via audio. delicate airy chick vox, slow light through-a-cassette piano and shakers. chilly, spooky, pretty. ends with doubled child vox.
9. (dear nora) heavy fluttery circular pedal-on piano (i’m seriously hearing the piano duel in who framed roger rabbit). arching and melodramatic.
*10. (daniel johnston) upbeat handclappy drum machine and hella-vibed keyboard. sounds like, of all things, death cab. or something off the pokemon soundtrack.